Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications
Publication Date
11-11-2022
Journal
Journal of Medical Systems
DOI
10.1007/s10916-022-01878-0
PMID
36367614
PMCID
PMC9650175
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
11-11-2022
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes
Keywords
Humans, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Telerehabilitation, Coronary Artery Bypass, Activities of Daily Living, Muscle Strength, Telehealth Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Telemedicine, Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Abstract
In this brief communication, we reported Telehealth Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) program structure and preliminary outcomes from patients that completed a 12-week program after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We aim to advocate the use of Telerehabilitation as a Phase II CR in patients immediately after the CABG. This approach was innovative and encouraging because the patients were still in subacute phase. The program can serve as a continuation of care for the patients after being discharged from a hospital while regaining their functional ability at home. Our preliminary outcomes demonstrated improvements in resting heart rate, activity level, nutrition status, self-efficacy for managing cardiac diseases, muscle strength, endurance and depression. There were no adverse events during the virtual sessions. Patient satisfaction score was high.