Telephone Support Oriented by Accelerometric Measurements Enhances Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations in Noncompliant Patients After a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Telehealth exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Telehealth exCR was compared against usual care in six studies,27 29–32 34 and centre-based exCR in five studies 22 25 26 28 33. Nine studies used a two-arm, parallel RCT design 22 25 27–33.…”

“…Studies were conducted in Canada,22 31 34 Australia,33 Belgium,25 Brazil,32 France,27 Korea,29 the Netherlands,28 New Zealand30 and the USA,26 and published between 2002 and 2014. Sample sizes varied from 1534 to 242 22.…”

“…Mean participant age was 58 years (range=53 to 63 years), and most were male (75%). Participants were recruited via CR programmes,22 25 28 34 hospitals/medical centres29–33 and previous exCR studies 27. Study enrolment occurred 1–222 25 33 or 3–2430 months after admission for acute coronary syndrome or revascularisation, or after completing a CR programme 27.…”

“…Participants were recruited via CR programmes,22 25 28 34 hospitals/medical centres29–33 and previous exCR studies 27. Study enrolment occurred 1–222 25 33 or 3–2430 months after admission for acute coronary syndrome or revascularisation, or after completing a CR programme 27. Six studies did not specify post-event enrolment duration 26 28 29 31 32 34.…”

Examining Motivations and Barriers for Attending Maintenance Community-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Using the Health-Belief Model

“…However it is still important to ensure that individuals who choose not to participate in the maintenance CR program have readily available access to a medical support and advice regarding secondary prevention of cardiac events [28]. This could be achieved by providing an online community with advice on cardiac health maintenance [29].…”