Utility and Efficacy of a Smartphone Application to Enhance the Learning and Behavior Goals of Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation
Why the study?
Does a smartphone application improve engagement and experience in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation?
Population
26 patients enrolled in a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support app integration in cardiac rehab; hypothesis-generating without randomized outcome data.
Structured PICO
Does a smartphone application improve engagement and experience in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation?
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Population
26 patients enrolled in a phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation program
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Intervention
Heart Coach (HC) mobile smartphone application used over 30 days for daily tasks (medications, walking, education, surveys) and provider monitoring/feedback
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Outcome
Feasibility, utility, usability, and impact (task completion and qualitative feedback) over 30 dayspatient reported
Integrating a mobile smartphone application into traditional cardiac rehabilitation is feasible and enhances patient engagement and provider communication.
Cite This Study
Forman et al. (2014) studied this question.