Table 2

All-cause mortality, all-cause hospitalisation and HF-related hospitalisation in recently discharged patients with HF: Posterior distribution for the HRs relative to usual care (random effects)

		HR and credible interval			Predictive interval
Outcome variable	No. of studies	Median	2.5%	97.5%	2.5%	97.5%
All-cause mortality*
STS HM vs usual care	1	0.98	0.41	2.33	0.30	3.23
STS HH vs usual care	10	0.77	0.55	1.08	0.31	1.86
TM office hours† vs usual care	9	0.76	0.49	1.18	0.30	1.91
TM 24/7‡ vs usual care	1	0.49	0.20	1.18	0.14	1.73
All-cause hospitalisation§
STS HM vs usual care	1	1.06	0.44	2.53	0.31	3.61
STS HH vs usual care	9	0.97	0.70	1.31	0.38	2.43
TM office hours† vs usual care	6	0.75	0.49	1.10	0.28	1.91
TM 24/7‡ vs usual care	1	0.81	0.33	2.00	0.23	2.85
HF-related hospitalisation¶
STS HM vs usual care	1	1.03	0.66	1.54	0.58	1.77
STS HH vs usual care	8	0.77	0.62	0.96	0.50	1.19
TM office hours† vs usual care	3	0.95	0.70	1.34	0.59	1.62

*All-cause mortality between study SD (log HR scale), 0.34 (95% CrI: 0.03, 0.75).
†Transmitted data reviewed by medical staff (or medical support provided) during office hours.
‡Transmitted data reviewed by medical staff (or medical support provided) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
§All-cause hospitalisation between study SD (log HR scale), 0.38 (95% CrI: 0.13, 0.74).
¶Heart failure related hospitalisation between study SD (log HR scale), 0.11 (95% CrI: 0.00, 0.42).
CrI, credible interval; HF, heart failure; HH, human to human contact; HM, human to machine interface; STS, structured telephone support; TM, telemonitoring.