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    • Assessing communication during remote follow-up of users with pacemakers in Norway: The Nordland study, a randomized trial 

      Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel; Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Lappegård, Knut Tore; Lopez-Liria, Remedios (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-21)
      As effective communication is a key ingredient for the provision of quality healthcare services, this study aimed to explore the communication experiences in the remote monitoring of older adults with a pacemaker. The study was based on a non-masked randomized observational design. The Healthcare Communication Questionnaire and in-depth interviews were conducted for data collection. A total of 49 ...

    • Cost-utility analysis of telemonitoring versus conventional hospital-based follow-up of patients with pacemakers. The NORDLAND randomized clinical trial 

      Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel; Peiró, Salvador; Lappegård, Knut Tore; Lopez-Liria, Remedios (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-29)
      <i>Introduction</i> - The aim of our study was to perform an economic assessment in order to check whether or not telemonitoring of users with pacemakers offers a cost-effective alternative to traditional follow-up in outpatient clinics.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We used effectiveness and cost data from the NORDLAND trial, which is a controlled, randomized, non-masked clinical trial. Fifty patients ...

    • Health-related quality of life on tele-monitoring for users with pacemakers 6 months after implant: the NORDLAND study, a randomized trial 

      Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel; Lopez-Liria, Remedios; Enebakk, Terje; Thunhaug, Hilde; Lappegård, Knut Tore (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      <i>Background</i>: With an ageing population and widening indications for pacemakers implantation, the number of persons carrying an implant is steadily increasing. The routine follow-up is thus a heavy burden for the respective NHS as well as for the patients and their relatives. Most of them of the studies have been performed in densely populated areas and nearby to the hospital. It is thus ...

    • Long-Term Socioeconomic Impact of Informal Care Provided to Patients with Pacemakers: Remote vs. Conventional Monitoring 

      Cesar, Leal-Costa; Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Catalan-Matamoros, Daniel; Robles-Musso, Emilio; Lappegård, Knut Tore; Rafael Jesus, Bautista-Mesa; Salvador, Peiró; Remedios, Lopez-Liria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)
      The impact of informal care immediately after pacemaker (PM) implantation has been well established; however, not much is known about its long-term effects. The present study compared personal characteristics, associated problems, workloads, time, and costs related to informal care provided to patients with PM under remote monitoring (RM) vs. conventional monitoring (CM) in the hospital, five ...

    • Patients' experiences of remote communication after pacemaker implant: The NORDLAND study 

      Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel; Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Lappegård, Knut Tore; Lopez-Liria, Remedios (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-20)
      <i>Background</i> - The concept of ‘patient experience’ has become central to how to improve healthcare. Remote communication with patients is today a frequent practice in healthcare services, showing similar outcomes to standard outpatient care while enabling cost reduction in both formal and informal care. The purpose of this study was to analyse the experiences of people with telemonitoring ...

    • The potential of specialized media in public health: Analysis of health-related content in sports newspapers 

      Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Catalan-Matamoros, Daniel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-03)
      Sports-specialized newspapers are one of the print media with the highest number of readers in Spain. However, little is known about the health coverage in this type of print press. The aim of the study was to analyze any health-related material in sports newspaper coverage and describe the main characteristics. This is an observational and cross-sectional study, performed in relation to the three ...

    • Telemonitoring and quality of life in patients after 12 months following a pacemaker implant: The Nordland study, a randomised trial 

      Lopez-Liria, Remedios; Lopez-Villegas, Antonio; Enebakk, Terje; Thunhaug, Hilde; Lappegård, Knut Tore; Catalán-Matamoros, Daniel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-05)
      The purpose of this study was to analyse the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients followed up using a remote device-monitoring system (TM) compared to patients followed up through standard outpatient visits (HM), 12 months after the implantation of a pacemaker. This was a trial design that used the EuroQol-5D Questionnaire and the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHF). ...