Do different delivery methods, such as home-based or hospital-based CR combined with mobile health interventions, improve adherence to exercise-based phase II CR in post-PCI patients?
Combining mobile health interventions with either home-based or hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation is the most effective strategy for improving adherence to phase II exercise-based CR in post-PCI patients.
This network meta-analysis identified home-based CR + mobile health intervention and hospital-based CR + mobile health intervention as the top two ranked interventions for improving adherence to exercise-based phase II CR in post-PCI patients. Healthcare providers may consider prioritizing the use of home-based cardiac rehabilitation combined with mobile health intervention in clinical practice, but still need to evaluate factors such as patient preference and Medicare reimbursement availability to develop customized interventions that are not only safe and effective but also satisfying to the patient.
Xia et al. (Wed,) studied this question.