Palliative Care, Remote Monitoring, Vital Signs
Conditions
Keywords
Remote monitoring
Brief summary
Digital health interventions, including remote monitoring of patients, have been identified as a possible way to address current problems within the health service, including insufficient numbers of staff, and an increasing number of patients requiring services. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of using remote monitoring for patients who are receiving palliative care and to see whether remote monitoring can improve care and outcomes for patients and their families. Participants in this study will complete regular (daily, weekly, monthly) questionnaires online about how they are feeling. They will also be given equipment to measure their vital signs every day. The clinical team will have access to the results and be able to respond to any new problems as they arise. Patients and their carers will then complete a questionnaire at one month to assess satisfaction with the use of remote monitoring.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Primary diagnosis of advanced cancer or another life-limiting condition * Estimated prognosis greater than 3 months * Referred for community-based specialist palliative care * Living in own home (or home of family carer) * Living with a family carer
Exclusion criteria
* Estimated prognosis less than 3 months or more than 12 months * Cognitive impairment - unable to provide consent / complete assessments * Non-English speaker * Living in care home / nursing home / hospice / community hospital * Not living with a family carer
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Completion rates of assessments | At the end of 1 month | Number of assessments completed over the study time-frame |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment rate | 6 months | The number of patients approached to take part in the study who then entered the study |
| Retention rate | 6 months | The number of patients who entered and then completed the study |
| Acceptability | 1 month | A patient / carer acceptability questionnaire completed at 1 month into study period |
| Use of community palliative care resources | 6 months | Number of phone calls / visits / interventions participants receive |
| Use of GP / hospital resources | 6 months | The number of unplanned GP visits / hospital attendances over the study period |
Countries
Ireland
Contacts
Primary ContactGemma O'Keeffe
Outcome results
None listed