| Telemetry (N = 102) n (%) / mean ± SD | Personal contact | p-value (telemetry vs. personal contact) | p-value (telemetry vs. remote + phone vs. visit) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (N = 108) n (%) / mean ± SD | Remote + phone (N = 53) n (%) / mean ± SD | Visit (N = 55) n (%) / mean ± SD | ||||
Packer sub-items | ||||||
 Death | 5 (4.9) | 6 (5.6) | 4 (7.5) | 2 (3.6) | 0.832 | 0.645 |
  Cardiac | 1 (20.0) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0.259 | 0.292 |
  Non-cardiac | 1 (20.0) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | ||
  Origin unclear | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
 HF-hospitalisationb | 10 (9.8) | 13 (12.0) | 6 (11.3) | 7 (12.7) | 0.605 | 0.851 |
 NYHA class at 13 M vs. 1 Ma |  |  |  |  | 0.639 | 0.715 |
  Worse | 22 (25.3) | 19 (22.6) | 7 (17.9) | 12 (26.7) |  |  |
  Unchanged | 49 (56.3) | 53 (63.1) | 27 (69.2) | 26 (57.8) |  |  |
  Improved | 16 (18.4) | 12 (14.3) | 5 (12.8) | 7 (15.6) |  |  |
 Change in NYHA class at 13 M vs. 1 Ma | −0.07 ± 0.71 | −0.10 ± 0.63 | −0.8 ± 0.62 | −0.11 ± 0.65 | 0.888 | 0.912 |
 Self-assessmentc |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Worse | 8 (9.2) | 10 (11.8) | 6 (15.0) | 4 (8.9) | 0.582 | 0.564 |
 Unchanged | 24 (27.6) | 21 (24.7) | 9 (22.5) | 12 (26.7) |  |  |
 Improved | 55 (63.2) | 54 (63.5) | 25 (62.5) | 29 (64.4) | 0.966 | 0.982 |
Cardiac events | ||||||
 Stored tachycardiad | 25 (24.5) / 4.8 ± 15.6 | 23 (21.3) / 2.2 ± 9.0 | 11 (20.8) / 1.0 ± 4.5 | 12 (21.8) / 3.5 ± 11.8 | 0.579 / 0.431 | 0.850 / 0.680 |
 VT/VFd | 20 (19.6) 2.1 ± 9.1 | 17 (15.7) 1.3 ± 6.7 | 8 (15.1) 0.8 ± 3.7 | 9 (16.4) 1.8 ± 8.7 | 0.462 / 0.409 | 0.752 0.689 |
 SVTd | 18 (17.6) 2.8 ± 11.4 | 11 (10.2) 1.0 ± 5.4 | 4 (7.5) 0.2 ± 1.0 | 7 (12.7) 1.7 ± 7.5 | 0.117 0.097 | 0.216 0.180 |
 Cardiac decompensations | 9 (8.8) | 9 (8.3) | 5 (9.4) | 4 (7.3) | 0.899 | 0.915 |
QoL | ||||||
 Change in MLHFQ score at 13 M vs. PHD | −8.4 ± 20.3 | −10.5 ± 21.6 | −12.1 ± 22.7 | −9.1 ± 20.8 | 0.472 | 0.724 |
 Change in MLHFQ score at 13 M vs. 1 M | 0.7 ± 16.8 | 2.7 ± 20.5 | 3.0 ± 22.2 | 2.4 ± 19.1 | 0.666 | 0.837 |