Why the study?
Does a home-based cardiac telerehabilitation program improve functional capacity and quality of life compared to usual care in low-risk post-PCI patients?
Population
80 low-risk patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Comparison
Home-based cardiac telerehabilitation program… vs Usual care consisting of paper-based coronary…
Design
RCT, Randomly divided into two equal groups
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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Supports home-based cardiac telerehabilitation for low-risk post-PCI patients; extends RCT evidence for remote programs improving capacity and quality of life.
Does a home-based cardiac telerehabilitation program improve functional capacity and quality of life compared to usual care in low-risk post-PCI patients?
A 6-week home-based cardiac telerehabilitation program significantly improved functional capacity, quality of life, and nicotine dependence compared to usual care in low-risk post-PCI patients.
Fang et al. (2018) studied this question.
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