Marie Veje Knudsen|Annemette Krintel Petersen|Sanne Angel|Vibeke E. Hjortdal|Helle Terkildsen Maindal|Sussie Laustsen
Tele-rehabilitation and hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation are comparable in increasing patient activation and health literacy: A pilot study
Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University|Aarhus University|Aarhus University|Aarhus University Hospital|Aarhus University|Aarhus University|Aarhus University Hospital|VIA University College
cardiac telerehabilitation defined using information communication technology support rehabilitation services however requires high level patient activation health literacy yet exploredthe purpose study evaluate patient activation health literacy telerehabilitation compared hospitalbased cardiac rehabilitationwe conducted pilot study patients ischaemic heart valve disease nonrandomised design 24 patients attended 12week telerehabilitation programme 53 matched controls 12week hospitalbased cardiac rehabilitation programme primary outcome patient activation assessed using patient activation measure intervention end intervention followup six months intervention secondary outcome health literacy assessed using three dimensions health literacy questionnaire rehabilitation sixmonth followup actively manage health hlq3 ability engage healthcare providers hlq6 understanding health information hlq9patient activation improved similarly telerehabilitation hospitalbased cardiac rehabilitation time points six months intervention patients telerehabilitation significantly improved dimension hlq6 compared patients hospitalbased cardiac rehabilitation significant betweengroup differences found hlq3 hlq9telerehabilitation hospitalbased cardiac rehabilitation seemed equally successful improving patient activation health literacy telerehabilitation tested randomised controlled trial focus whether patient levels education selfmanagement initiation rehabilitation decisive factors telerehabilitation participation