Patient Attitudes to Remote Monitoring in ACHD
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient Attitudes to Remote Monitoring in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
IRAS ID
325961
Contact name
Louise Coates
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Newcastle University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
1 in 1000 babies are born with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) and over 90% now survive into adulthood. Almost all adults with CHD require lifelong surveillance for known complications, such as problems with their heart valves, heart rhythm disturbance and heart failure. At present most of this happens through traditional outpatient clinics. With developments in technology and experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, remote and self-monitoring has become an increasingly important component of community management for many patient groups. It has also been shown to improve clinical outcomes. However, adults with CHD also experience high levels of anxiety and clinicians think monitoring can worsen this. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how adults with CHD feel about different forms of monitoring in their experience. The study involves a questionnaire asking questions about health, quality of life and experiences of monitoring. The questionnaire will be provided to three groups, one group who have experience with traditional 24hour tape monitors, one group who have had long term implantable monitoring devices and a third group who will be given the opportunity to trial a new CE marked watch that can be used for monitoring.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/YH/0099
Date of REC Opinion
1 Jun 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion