López-Liria, RemediosLópez-Villegas, AntonioLeal-Costa, CésarPeiró, SalvadorRobles-Musso, EmilioBautista-Mesa, RafaelRocamora-Pérez, PatriciaLappegård, Knut ToreCatalán-Matamoros, Daniel2023-02-082023-02-082020-02-23http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15165Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and functional capacity values immediately after pacemaker (PM) implantation have been well established; however, not much has been known about its long-term effects. The present study compared the long-term effectiveness and safety of remote monitoring plus a clinic visit versus clinic visits alone during follow-up of adults implanted with PMs. This study was a single-centre, controlled, non-randomised, non-blinded clinical trial. Data were collected pre-implantation and after 60 months. The patients in the PONIENTE study were assigned to two different groups: remote monitoring (RM) and conventional monitoring (CM). The EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) questionnaire was used to assess HRQoL and Duke Activity Status Index was used for the functional capacity. After five years, 55 patients completed the study (RM = 21; CM = 34). EuroQol-5D and functional capacity values were improved; however, significant differences were observed only in the EQ5D visual analogue scale (penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/health-related quality of lifelong-term follow-uppacemakerremote monitoringtelemedicineAgedAged, 80 and overAmbulatory CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMonitoring, PhysiologicPacemaker, ArtificialPatient SafetyQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesTelemedicineVisual Analog Scaleresearch article32102208open access10.3390/ijerph170414311660-4601PMC7068341https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/4/1431/pdf?version=1646647493https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7068341/pdf