Patient survey
Figure 7 shows the results of the patient survey regarding the
long-term ECG monitoring and the postal delivery service. Most patients
had no difficulty sending the devices by post and no difficulty putting
on or taking off the ECG device by themselves. Most patients thought the
postal delivery of ECG devices could reduce patient burden in terms of
going to the hospital.
Of the patients, 12 (48%) felt itchiness or irritation at the sites of
the electrode patches during the ECG monitoring but could continue to
undergo monitoring by slightly changing the location of the patches on
the chest. Seventeen of the 25 patients had experienced conventional
Holter ECG monitoring before. Sixteen of these 17 patients (94%)
preferred the self-wearable ECG monitoring and the postal delivery
service over the conventional Holter ECG monitoring because the Duranta
device is wireless, smaller, and lighter than the conventional Holter
ECG device (n = 9) and it was extremely convenient to use the postal
service to return the devices rather than having to go to the hospital
(n = 7).