Impact of Telemedicine Tools on Record Keeping and Compliance in Haemophilia Care

Abstract

Background Record keeping is integral to home treatment for haemophilia. Issues with paper diaries include questionable compliance, data validity and quality. Implementation of electronic diaries (e-diaries) in haemophilia patients could improve documentation of home treatment.

Aim This article evaluates the effects of an e-diary, Haemoassist, on recording and patient compliance with therapy.

Patients and Methods An explorative study was used to assess the sequential use of paper diaries and e-diaries by 99 patients with severe haemophilia A or B and 1 with severe factor VII deficiency. Median age was 41 years. Information was obtained from paper records for 3 years preceding the introduction of an electronic record system and the first 6 to 12 months of Haemoassist use. Data from the 3-year period were averaged. Missing data for rounded 12 months of e-diary use were extrapolated to correspond to a full year.

Results Enhancement of 23% in record delivery was observed for the period of Haemoassist use (p = 0.013). Twenty-one percent increase in patients’ compliance for data reporting (from 65% 35 to 86% 22, p = 0.003) and 16% increase for documentation of bleedings (from 68 to 84% of patients, p = 0.01) were detected. Compliance to prescribed therapy of patients for the whole studied period improved by 6% (from 82% ± 29 to 88% ± 25, p = 0.05). Major advances were demonstrated predominantly in the age groups of between 13 and 20 and 21 and 40 years.

Conclusion e-Diaries' use enables improved recording of information about patients' home treatment and bleeding episodes. Enhanced compliance with therapy may be a further benefit.

Keywords

e-diary - paper diary - Haemoassist - compliance

^* A.B. and G.G contributed equally to this work.

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