Home-based cardiac rehabilitation using wearable devices demonstrated an upward trend toward improvement in quality of life, peak VO2, less sedentary time, and increased daily step count compared to control groups.
Does home-based cardiac rehabilitation using wearable devices improve quality of life and physical activity metrics in patients eligible for cardiac rehabilitation?
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation using wearable devices may be a comparable alternative or adjunct to center-based CR for improving quality of life and physical capacity in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based comprehensive program that includes exercise training, health education, physical activity promotion, and extensive counseling for the management of cardiovascular risk factors. Wearable devices monitor certain physiological functions, providing biometric data such as heart rate, movement, sleep, ECG analysis, blood pressure, energy expenditure, and numerous other parameters. Recent evidence supports wearable devices as a likely relevant component in cardiovascular risk assessment and disease prevention. The purpose of this scoping review is to better understand the role of wearable devices in home-based CR (HBCR) and to characterize the evidence regarding the incorporation of wearable devices in HBCR programs and cardiovascular outcomes. METHODS patients with HF; patients with heart valve repair or replacement; and patients with exposure to center-based CR. In three groups, there was an upward trend toward improvement in quality of life (QOL) and peak VO2, less sedentary time, and an increase in daily step count in the intervention groups compared to control groups. CONCLUSIONS: HBCR using wearable devices can be a comparable alternative or adjunct to center-based CR for patients with CHD and HF. More studies are needed to draw conclusions about the comparability of HBCR to center-based CR in patients with heart valve repair or replacement.
Jones et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease requiring cardiac rehabilitation. Wearable devices in home-based cardiac rehabilitation vs. Center-based cardiac rehabilitation or usual care was evaluated on Quality of life, exercise capacity, physical activity, and cardiovascular outcomes. Home-based cardiac rehabilitation using wearable devices demonstrated an upward trend toward improvement in quality of life, peak VO2, less sedentary time, and increased daily step count compared to control groups.