The influence of internet-based telemedicine on warfarin management: A systematic review and meta-analysis_Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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DAI Hengfen ¹ ,  ZHENG Caiyun ² , ZHENG Qiaowen ³ , XUE Yan ² , CHEN Xu ² , LIU Yunchun ¹ , ZHANG Hong ¹

1. Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Fuzhou First Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350009, P.R.China;
2. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Fuqing City Hospital, Fuzhou, 350300, P.R.China;
3. Department of Cardiology, Fuqing City Hospital, Fuzhou, 350300, P.R.China;

Corresponding author：

ZHENG Caiyun, Email: saiun1992@163.com

Keywords：

Telemedicine; oral anticoagulation management; warfarin; systematic review; meta-analysis

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10.7507/1007-4848.202004003

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Objective To systematically evaluate the effects of telemedicine on the management of warfarin therapy.Methods We searched PubMed, EMbase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Database (from inception to February 2020) and conducted retrospective literature searching to identify studies about the management of warfarin using telemedicine intervention techniques. R language software was used to evaluate the efficacy and safety of telemedicine on warfarin management.Results A total of 7 239 articles were retrieved, and 12 articles were finally included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, totaling 8 112 patients, including 3 726 patients in the intervention group and 4 386 patients in the control group. The results of meta-analysis showed that there was a statistical difference in the accurate international normalized ratio (INR) treatment target range time ratio between the intervention group and the control group (MD=6.52, 95%CI 2.13 to 10.92, P<0.01, I²=89%). The incidence of bleeding events (RR=0.61, 95%CI 0.46 to 0.81, P=0.97, I²=0%) and the incidence of thromboembolic events (RR=0.50, 95%CI 0.29 to 0.85, P=0.63, I²=0%) were not statistically different between the two groups. Conclusion Existing evidence indicates that telemedicine management has a benefit in anticoagulant efficacy compared with conventional anticoagulant management in patients with thrombotic diseases, but there is no statistical difference in safety. Limited by the quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusion needs to be verified by more high-quality studies.

Citation： DAI Hengfen, ZHENG Caiyun, ZHENG Qiaowen, XUE Yan, CHEN Xu, LIU Yunchun, ZHANG Hong. The influence of internet-based telemedicine on warfarin management: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020, 27(12): 1454-1459. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202004003 Copy

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2. Ogilvie IM, Newton N, Welner SA, et al. Underuse of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. Am J Med, 2010, 123(7): 638-645.
3. Steffel J, Verhamme P, Potpara TS, et al. The 2018 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J, 2018, 39(16): 1330-93.
4. Viswanathan M, Golin CE, Jones CD, et al. Interventions to improve adherence to self-administered medications for chronic diseases in the United States: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med, 2012, 157(11): 785-795.
5. 黄娜, 陈蜀惠, 周英凤, 等. 远程医疗改善妊娠期糖尿病患者血糖和妊娠结局有效性和安全性的系统评价. 中国循证医学杂志, 2019, 19(8): 960-967.
6. Deeken F, Rezo A, Hinz M, et al. Evaluation of technology-based interventions for informal caregivers of patients with dementia-A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2019, 27(4): 426-445.
7. Ryan F, Byrne S, O'Shea S. Randomized controlled trial of supervised patient self-testing of warfarin therapy using an Internet-based expert system. J Thromb Haemost, 2009, 7(8): 1284-1290.
8. Higgins JP, Altman DG, Gotzsche PC, et al. The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. BMJ, 2011, 343: d5928.
9. Hartling L, Milne A, Hamm MP, et al. Testing the Newcastle Ottawa Scale showed low reliability between individual reviewers. J Clin Epidemiol, 2013, 66(9): 982-993.
10. Fitzmaurice DA, Murray ET, Gee KM, et al. A randomised controlled trial of patient self-management of oral anticoagulation treatment compared with primary care management. J Clin Pathol, 2002, 55(11): 845-849.
11. Soliman Hamad MA, van Eekelen E, van Agt T, et al. Self-management program improves anticoagulation control and quality of life: a prospective randomized study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 2009, 35(2): 265-269.
12. Brasen CL, Madsen JS, Parkner T, et al. Home management of warfarin treatment through a real-time supervised telemedicine solution: a randomized controlled trial. Telemed J E Health, 2019, 25(2): 109-115.
13. 顾敏. 远程医疗应用于心房颤动华法林抗凝管理的研究[硕士]: 扬州大学, 2019.
14. Ferrando F, Mira Y. Effective and safe management of oral anticoagulation therapy in patients who use the Internet-accessed telecontrol tool sintromacweb. Interact J Med Res, 2015, 4(2): e10.
15. 薛盛龙, 薛盛东, 陈绍奉, 等. 移动医疗技术在抗凝门诊中的应用效果观察. 中医药管理杂志, 2018, 26(7): 32-35.
16. Prochaska JH, Göbel S, Keller K, et al. E-health-based management of patients receiving oral anticoagulation therapy: results from the observational thrombEVAL study. J Thromb Haemost, 2017, 15(7): 1375-1385.
17. Prochaska JH, Göbel S, Keller K, et al. Quality of oral anticoagulation with phenprocoumon in regular medical care and its potential for improvement in a telemedicine-based coagulation service--results from the prospective, multi-center, observational cohort study thrombEVAL. BMC Med, 2015, 13: 14.
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19. Hawkins KL, King J, Delate T, et al. Pharmacy technician management of stable, in-range INRS within a clinical pharmacy anticoagulation service. J Manag Care Spec Pharm, 2018, 24(11): 1130-1137.
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24. Heneghan C, Alonso-Coello P, Garcia-Alamino JM, et al. Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet, 2006, 367(9508): 404-411.
25. Samsa GP, Matchar DB. Relationship between test frequency and outcomes of anticoagulation: a literature review and commentary with implications for the design of randomized trials of patient self-management. J Thromb Thrombolysis, 2000, 9(3): 283-292.
26. Herijgers P, Verhamme P. Improving the quality of anticoagulant therapy in patients with mechanical heart valves: what are we waiting for? Eur Heart J, 2007, 28(20): 2424-2426.

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