Relationship Between Clinical, Psychological, Physiological, and Technical Parameters and the Use of Digital Tools During Cardiac Rehabilitation Including Home Training (Preprint)

• DOI: 10.2196/preprints.57413
• Publication Date: 2024-02-28T15:45:35Z
• Authors: Fabian Wiesmüller; David Haag; Mahdi Sareban; Karl Mayr; Norbert Mürzl; Michael Porodko; Christoph Puelacher; Lisa-Marie Moser; Marco Philippi; Heimo Traninger; Stefan Höfer; Josef Niebauer; Günter Schreier; Dieter Hayn
• Keywords: Telehealth; Wearable Technology; Preprint; Digital Health

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Home and telehealth-based interventions are increasingly used in cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a multidisciplinary model of health care. Digital tools such as wearables or digital training diaries expected to support patients adhere recommended lifestyle changes, including physical exercise programmes. As previously published, the EPICURE study analysed effects tools, i.e., diary, adherence monitoring, wearables, on capacity during out-patient CR phase III (OUT-III) which includes an approximately 12-week home phase. The encompassed 149 Austrian patients, 50 utilized tools. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> present paper takes deeper look into data better understand a) relation between use various psychological, clinical, physiological parameters, b) these parameters improvement rehabilitation. <title>METHODS</title> For this work, we questionnaires concerning patients’ acquired by CR. On all performed two analyses: 1) Comparison groups with without 2) correlation change maximum workload achieved stress test. If pre post OUT-III were available, respective parameter was determined group analysis applied OUT-III, c) OUT-III. <title>RESULTS</title> We found significant improvements quality life both groups, no discernible differences Patients perceived significantly higher competence CR, they anticipated risks if non-adherent activity. Although, overall subjectively reported not different specific items differed: less likely do their exercises when tired forget exercises. Concerning reasons for (non-) adherence, more often because enjoyed them, whereas stop exercising pain worse continue doing improved. Finally, who high level concrete planning capacity. <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> conclude that can recommendations facility- well home-based This comprehensive provides valuable insights multifaceted impact outpatient training, shedding light factors influencing patient outcomes evolving landscape interventions. <title>CLINICALTRIAL</title> ClincalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04458727