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Brouwers RWM, Scherrenberg M, Kemps HMC, Dendale P, Snoek JA. Cardiac telerehabilitation: current status and future perspectives. Neth Heart J 2024; 32:31-37. [PMID: 38085505 PMCID: PMC10781917 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-023-01833-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves the prognosis and quality of life of patients with cardiovascular disease and has therefore received strong recommendations in international guidelines for the treatment of patients with chronic coronary syndromes and chronic heart failure. Aiming to both resolve several barriers that impede participation in CR and to improve the effectiveness of CR, cardiac telerehabilitation (CTR) has emerged as a cost-effective alternative to traditional, centre-based CR. Although the body of evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of CTR is large and still growing, real-life implementations are scarce, which may be due to insufficient knowledge about CTR interventions and due to the challenges its implementation comes with. Up to now, mainly exercise-related core components of CR and e‑coaching have been investigated in the setting of CTR. Translation of research findings to clinical practice may be hampered by methodological limitations present in most CTR studies, being selection bias of participants, lack of long-term follow-up, heterogeneity of studied interventions and the lack of robust outcome measures. Besides conducting highly needed implementation studies for CTR interventions, their implementation could be facilitated by the development of guideline-based, multidisciplinary and personalised CTR programmes and widespread reimbursement for CTR.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rutger W M Brouwers
- Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
- Heart Centre, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
| | - Martijn Scherrenberg
- Heart Centre Hasselt, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
| | - Hareld M C Kemps
- Department of Cardiology, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
| | - Paul Dendale
- Heart Centre Hasselt, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
| | - Johan A Snoek
- Isala Heart Centre, Zwolle, The Netherlands
- Sports Medicine Department, Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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