A Controlled Trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Home Setting Using Electrocardiographic and Voice Transtelephonic Monitoring.

Preparing for change in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a qualitative evaluation of cardiac rehabilitation within a region of Scotland

“…2001). Prompt reimbursement of travel costs and more localized or home‐based programmes may ensure more equal access to services (Bowman et al . 1998, Ades et al .…”

Quality of life in heart failure patients undergoing home-based telerehabilitation versus outpatient rehabilitation – a randomized controlled study

“…Very few reports indicated that telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation can improve QoL in low-risk cardiac patients with no HF. 13,14 There is only one paper which reports that QoL improvement achieved during the outpatient programme was maintained during the next 12 months only in telemonitored, adherent patients. 15 Regular well-planned exercise training in most cases improves the QoL of HF patients.…”

“…Although some previous studies have shown inconsistent or even null results regarding the improvement of QoL in HF patients after cardiac rehabilitation (hospital, outpatient and/or home-based), most research indicates a significant improvement in QoL among HF patients in their physical and mental spheres. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] These conflicting results may be attributed to variations in the kind of psychological support, age and gender of participants, different training modalities (type, intensity, duration, setting, supervision) and patients' adherence to and acceptance of recommendations. Moreover, there are many different validation scales used in the literature to evaluate healthrelated QoL, making comparisons difficult.…”

Bridging the Transition from Hospital to Home: Effects of the VITAL Telehealth Program on Recovery for CABG Surgery Patients and their Caregivers

“…Very few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the effect of telehealth for cardiac surgery patients have been reported. Intervention research more commonly has focused on cardiac rehabilitation (Ades et al, ), heart failure (Benatar, Bondmass, Ghitelman, & Avitall, ), and hypertension (Artinian, Washington, & Templin, ). In one study of telehealth for CABG patients, Barnason et al () found that CABG surgery patients who used an electronic device—the Health Buddy® (HB®)—capable of transmitting health information to a central station for interpretation ( n = 35) reported higher self‐efficacy scores and improved physical, general health, and vitality function scores ( p < .05) over a 3‐month study period than did patients receiving routine in‐patient education.…”