Why the study?
Does telehealth exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improve exercise capacity and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease compared to centre-based rehabilitation or usual care?
Population
1,189 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) pooled from 11 randomized controlled trials
Comparison
Telehealth exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation vs Centre-based exercise-based cardiac…
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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Telehealth exCR improves access and adherence without loss of benefit; reinforces first-line consideration in CHD rehabilitation guidelines.
Does telehealth exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improve exercise capacity and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease compared to centre-based rehabilitation or usual care?
Telehealth cardiac rehabilitation is at least as effective as traditional center-based programs for improving functional capacity and risk factors, offering a viable alternative to overcome access barriers.
Rawstorn et al. (2016) studied this question.
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