Implementing telemonitoring in primary care: learning from a large qualitative dataset gathered during a series of studies

Table 1 The Telescot studies

	Telemonitoring Study	Design	Number in RCT	Primary Outcome	Patients interviewed	Healthcare providers interviewed
1.	COPD telemonitoring pilot [8]	Observational and qualitative study (27 participants). Monitoring symptoms, O2 saturation and FEV1)			20	25
2.	BP Telemonitoring trial (HITS) [9, 15]	RCT of BP telemonitoring with nested qualitative study	401	Systolic BP significantly lower in intervention group	25	20
3.	BP after stroke pilot trial [10]	Pilot trial of BP telemonitoring plus qualitative study	55		16 (plus 23 in 3 focus groups)	4
4.	COPD Trial [12, 16]	RCT of COPD telemonitoring with qualitative evaluation	256	No difference in days to first hospital admission	38	31
5.	Heart Failure [11]	Qualitative study			18	5
6.	Diabetes trial [13, 17]	RCT of blood glucose and BP telemonitoring with qualitative evaluation	321	HbA1c and systolic BP significantly lower in intervention group	23	10
7.	COPD “light touch” [14]	Observational and qualitative study (51 participants)			20	14 (8 in focus group)

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