Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Problem: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of an advanced practice nurse-directed patient education approach to heart failure treatment integrating the use of an interactive 4G android tablet, will enable patients to experience enhanced patient activation and engagement in chronic disease self-management and fewer 30-day rereadmissions.
Data source: This was a prospective patient randomization, multi-center quasi-experimental design study of 50 patients comparing an advanced practice nurse-directed education of disease self-management and use of a 4G android tablet (TC) group (n = 25) and routine medical management (MC) group. The study length was 12 months.
Conclusions: Descriptive statistics were computed, and the intervention and control groups were compared for differences. Descriptive statistics using ANOVA was conducted to calculate for statistical significance of readmissions between the two groups at 30 days. T-tests showed that the 30-day readmissions rate was significantly lower for the tablet groups compared to the medical group at 30 days (8% and 28% respectively; P=0.010).
Implications for Practice: The results support that integrating 4G android tablet technology does have a significant impact on enhancing patient activation and engagement in chronic disease self-management and correlated to reduced 30-day readmissions in people with heart failure.
Recommended Citation
Kutzleb, J., Elmann, N., Fruhschien, A., Angeli, S., Mulkay, A., Bauer, J., . . . Priece, D. (2014). The use of 4G Android tablets for enhanced patient activation of chronic disease self-management in people with heart failure. Nursing & Care, 3(3) [Article 1000158].
Publisher's Statement
Originally published in Nursing & Care, 3(3) [Article 1000158]. Licensed under CC BY. doi:10.4172/2167-1168.1000158
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