TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to home-monitoring and its impact on survival in post-lung transplantation patients.
AU - Yoon, Hojung J.
AU - Guo, Hongfei
AU - Hertz, Marshall
AU - Finkelstein, Stanley
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A home-monitoring program can be an important part of the follow-up care after lung transplantation surgery. We report mortality data from the home-monitoring program at University of Minnesota. The data from 246 lung recipients who participated in the home-monitoring program from 1992 to 2002 were analyzed. Subjects first year adherence rates were correlated with survival using a Cox proportional hazards model. The analysis showed a hazard ratio of 0.744, (95% CI 0.338-1.635). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis comparing the high adherence group( adherence rate > 75%) and the lower adherence group (adherence rate <= 75%) showed a tendency toward better survival, but again, it did not reach statistical significance (p=0.24). Competing risks analysis for causes of death showed a decreased risk ratio of 0.416 (95% CI 0.123-1.407) among pulmonary related mortality.
AB - A home-monitoring program can be an important part of the follow-up care after lung transplantation surgery. We report mortality data from the home-monitoring program at University of Minnesota. The data from 246 lung recipients who participated in the home-monitoring program from 1992 to 2002 were analyzed. Subjects first year adherence rates were correlated with survival using a Cox proportional hazards model. The analysis showed a hazard ratio of 0.744, (95% CI 0.338-1.635). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis comparing the high adherence group( adherence rate > 75%) and the lower adherence group (adherence rate <= 75%) showed a tendency toward better survival, but again, it did not reach statistical significance (p=0.24). Competing risks analysis for causes of death showed a decreased risk ratio of 0.416 (95% CI 0.123-1.407) among pulmonary related mortality.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18999191
AN - SCOPUS:68249117781
SN - 1559-4076
SP - 835
EP - 838
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
ER -