Feasibility and Acceptability of Utilizing a Smartphone Based Application to Monitor Outpatient Discharge Instruction Compliance in Cardiac Disease Patients around Discharge from Hospitalization
Table 3
Days interacted with the application after discharge, anthropometric measurement, severity of heart disease measurements, and hospital stay information.
Subject
Number of days patient interacted with app after discharge
EF
BMI (kg/m2)
Length of hospital stay
Readmitted to hospital within 60 days
Complications or complaints post-op
1
0
65%
28.9
19
SOB
7 days
Afib, R diaphragm paralysis
2
0
20%
39.4
6
Infection
24 hrs
Day of discharge, complained of chills
3
0
65%
29.4
19
Thrombo-cytopenia
3 days
Volume overload, Afib, knee pain
4
0
60%
54.0
8
SOB chest pressure
3 days
SOB
5
0
10%
23.8
3
Cardiac arrest
~3 wks
None
6
1
63%
29.1
2
No
None
7
1
25%
44.6
12
No
None
8
1
55%
21.0
5
No
L foot pain
9
5
60%
26.4
5
No
None
10
13
55%
24.8
4
No
None
11
26
55%
21.3
5
No
Post-op anemia
12
30
60%
38.4
9
No
Back pain
13
40
55%
25.0
8
No
None
14
48
60%
27.1
9
No
None
15
52
55%
27.4
13
No
Post-op anemia
16
58
45%
24.1
13
No
None
Mean
17
51%
30.3
9
5 = Yes, 11 = No
Std
21
17%
9.2
5
App: application, SOB: shortness of breath, Afib: atrial fibrillation, R: right, L: left, post-op: postoperative, R/O: rule out, and std: standard deviation.