Why the study?
The COVID-19 crisis made traditional centre-based cardiac rehabilitation almost impossible and negatively impacted lifestyle behaviour, necessitating practical recommendations for providing cardiac rehabilitation services during the pandemic.
Provides practical recommendations from the Dutch Society of Cardiology for delivering cardiac rehabilitation via telerehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May support remote cardiac rehabilitation during service disruptions; leaves open questions on long-term efficacy and implementation.
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis is having a large impact on acute and chronic cardiac care. Due to public health measures and the reorganisation of outpatient cardiac care, traditional centre-based cardiac rehabilitation is currently almost impossible. In addition, public health measures are having a potentially negative impact on lifestyle behaviour and general well-being. Therefore, the Working Group of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Dutch Society of Cardiology has formulated practical recommendations for the provision of cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, by using telerehabilitation programmes without face-to-face contact based on current guidelines supplemented with new insights and experiences.
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Kemps et al. (2020) studied Cardiac disease requiring rehabilitation. Telerehabilitation programs without face-to-face contact was evaluated. The Dutch Society of Cardiology formulated practical recommendations for providing cardiac rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic using telerehabilitation programs without face-to-face contact.
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