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The studies comprise different kinds of telemedical intervention concepts. The largest part of the studies (79%, N = 54) includes some form of personal contact, either as telephone calls or videoconferencing, often combined with measurements of vital parameters or interactive systems such as computer-aided answering of standardized questionnaires. Studies including personal contact between the patients and the healthcare provider show clearly better results compared to studies without personal contact. Nurses play BQ-788 sodium salt key role in many of the concepts, either conducting regular telephone calls and videoconferences or responding to the deterioration of monitored parameters. In some studies, other healthcare professionals, dieticians, physiotherapists, or psychotherapists, conducted the intervention. In the large majority of studies, however, healthcare professionals could ultimately refer patients to physicians.
In 59 of 68 articles (87%), the intervention can be categorized as monitoring. A regular personal monitoring and individual supporting contact between healthcare professional or in form of telemedical measurements seems to have a mitotic spindle positive influence on the adherence to instructions to behavioral changes and adherence.