Patients' Experiences of Using a Smartphone App After Cardiac Rehabilitation: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a crucial part of the treatment of patients with cardiac diseases, and adherence to healthy behavior is a prerequisite to improve long-term prognosis. Unfortunately, adherence to healthy behavior adapted in CR is challenging for many cardiac patients in the long term. Recently, we demonstrated that follow-up conducted via an app for 1 year significantly improved adherence to healthy behavior after CR. To increase the knowledge and understanding of mobile Health (mHealth) interventions that can promote acceptance and adherence, qualitative research investigating patients' experiences with these interventions is warranted.

Objective

The aim was to investigate patient experiences with individualized long-term follow-up co

SUBMITTER: Lunde P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8987967 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature