Telecardiology Application in Jordan: Its Impact on Diagnosis and Disease Management, Patients’ Quality of Life, and Time- and Cost-Savings
Table 4
The changes in the quality of life among 50 adult patients after two months of telecardiology consultations as measured by SF-8 and its domains and .
Measures of quality of life
Baseline (before) Mean (SD)
After 8 weeks (after) Mean (SD)
Changes in score (before-after)** Mean (95% confidence interval)
value
Total SF-8 score
40.7 (18.0)
62.4 (19.6)
21.7 (15.3, 28.0)
0.000
General health
37.2 (21.4)
68.8 (22.2)
31.6 (22.5, 40.7)
0.000
Physical functioning
36.0 (25.3)
53.5 (35.7)
17.5 (6.5, 28.5)
0.003
Bodily pain
36.7 (24.0)
52.0 (36.0)
15.3 (4.1, 26.5)
0.009
Role-physical
41.2 (20.4)
60.8 (36.1)
19.6 (8.3, 30.9)
0.001
Vitality
43.1 (19.3)
60.1 (30.2)
17.0 (6.3, 27.7)
0.003
Social functioning
44.4 (23.5)
85.2 (25.5)
40.8 (32.7, 48.9)
0.000
Mental health
42.0 (20.5)
37.5 (36.9)
−4.5 (−7.2, 16.2)
0.444
Role-emotional
43.9 (20.7)
80.6 (30.3)
36.7 (27.6, 45.9)
0.000
Total LIhFE scores
47.8 (22.1)
34.9 (20.7)
−12.8 (−6.4, −19.3)
0.000
SF-8: Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-8 questionnaire; LIhFE: selected questions from Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.
**Positive sign for the change in SF-8 and its domains score and negative sign for changes in LIhFE score indicate improvement in quality of life and health state.
