First outline and baseline data of a randomized, controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the health economic impact of home telemonitoring in chronic heart failure – CardioBBEAT

Table 7 Baseline characteristics of the CardioBBEAT study participants – Quality of life

Characteristic	All patients n = 621	Usual care n = 319 (51 %)	Monitoring n = 302 (49 %)	p value
SF-36v2
Physical comp. sum – number of patients (% valid)	581 (94)	299 (94)	282 (93)
mean ± SD	39 ± 10	39 ± 10	38 ± 10	0.458
median (IQR)	38 (32–46)	38 (32–46)	38 (32–45)
Mental comp. sum – number of patients (% valid)	581 (94)	299 (94)	282 (93)
mean ± SD	45 ± 13	45 ± 12	44 ± 13	0.239
median (IQR)	46 (35–56)	46 (36–55)	45 (34–56)
Physical functioning – number of patients (% valid)	591 (95)	304 (95)	287 (95)
mean ± SD	51 ± 27	52 ± 27	50 ± 27	0.445
median (IQR)	50 (30–75)	50 (30–75)	50 (30–70)
WHO-5
Score – number of patients (% valid)	586 (94)	301 (94)	285 (94)
mean ± SD	55 ± 25	55 ± 25	54 ± 25	0.588
median (IQR)	56 (36–76)	56 (36–76)	56 (32–76)
KCCQ
Overall sum – number of patients (% valid)	591 (95)	305 (96)	286 (95)
mean ± SD	59 ± 24	59 ± 24	60 ± 23	0.574
median (IQR)	61 (42–80)	60 (42–80)	62 (42–80)
Clinical sum – number of patients (% valid)	591 (95)	305 (96)	286 (95)
mean ± SD	63 ± 25	63 ± 26	64 ± 24	0.409
median (IQR)	67 (45–85)	67 (44–85)	69 (49–84)

Comp component, IQR interquartile range, KCCQ Kansas City cardiomyopathy questionnaire with 23 items for measuring disease-specific domains in CHF, SF-36v2 short form health survey with 36 questions using norm-based scoring, sum summary, WHO-5 World Health Organization Five, well-being index

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