1. Study classifications according to intervention type.
| Interventions | Remote monitoring (linked to healthcare professional) plus usual care vs usual care alone | Remote consultation (with health professional) plus usual care vs usual care alone (face‐to‐face) | Remote monitoring versus usual care (where telehealth replaces an element of usual care) | Remote consultation vs usual care (where telehealth replaces an element of usual care) | Integrated intervention vs usual care or interventions that include both monitoring and video consultations |
| Wired telehealth system to monitor physiological parameters processed or authorised by HCP with feedback to patient via telephone or video |
Antoniades 2012 Lewis 2010 McDowell 2015 Pinnock 2013 |
No studies |
Calvo 2014 De San Miguel 2013 Jódar‐Sanchez 2013 Minguez 2017 Soriano 2018 |
No studies | Koff 2009 |
| Wireless telehealth system to monitor physiological parameters that are processed or authorised by HCP with feedback to patient via telephone or video |
Berkhof 2015 Ho 2016 Shany 2016 Vianello 2016 |
No studies |
Pedone 2013 Sink 2020 Walker 2018 Stamenova 2020 Udsen 2017 |
No studies |
Bourbeau 2016 Farmer 2017 Ringbaek 2015 Jakobsen 2015 Yan 2018 Sorknaes 2013 |
| Store and forward telehealth system to transfer data regarding condition of patient to HCP for assessment offline | No studies | No studies | No studies | No studies | No studies |
| Internet‐based telecommunication such as video or telephone links with HCP (Skype, text, email) | No studies | No studies | No studies | No studies |
Casas 2006 Ritchie 2016 Rose 2018 Tabak 2014 |
HCP: healthcare professional.