Smartphone-assisted cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved exercise capacity and treatment compliance, but did not improve BMI, quality of life, or psychological status.
Meta-Analysis
Does smartphone-assisted home cardiac rehabilitation improve exercise capacity, treatment compliance, and other health outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation?
Smartphone-assisted home cardiac rehabilitation is an effective remote tool to improve exercise capacity and treatment compliance, though it may not significantly impact BMI or quality of life.
PURPOSE: To explore the effectiveness of smartphone-assisted home cardiac rehabilitation and whether it can be used as a remote detection method to promote home cardiac rehabilitation. METHODS: Four databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about smartphone-assisted cardiac rehabilitation. The Cochrane risk-of-bias tool was used to assess the methodological quality of the included studies. Two independent investigators performed the literature screening, information extraction, and risk of bias assessment. Any disagreements were resolved by a third investigator. Meta-analysis and systematic review were performed. Sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis were carried out to explore the sources of heterogeneity. RESULTS: > 0.05), life quality, psychological status, and other cardiovascular risks. CONCLUSION: Smartphone-assisted cardiac rehabilitation showed significant improvement in exercise capacity and treatment compliance in patients with cardiac rehabilitation but did not improve BMI, quality of life, psychological status, or reduce other cardiovascular risks. Smartphone-based cardiac rehabilitation is increasingly used as a remote detection method for cardiac rehabilitation in middle-income countries, which provides new insights into home cardiac rehabilitation.
Zhou et al. (Wed,) conducted a meta-analysis in Cardiac rehabilitation. Smartphone-assisted cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on Exercise capacity and treatment compliance. Smartphone-assisted cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved exercise capacity and treatment compliance, but did not improve BMI, quality of life, or psychological status.