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Cardiac patients show high interest in technology enabled cardiovascular rehabilitation
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cardiac rehabilitation cr slow reverse progression cardiovascular disease cvd however uptake communitybased cr low ecardiology ehealth technology solutions physical activity uptake monitoring evolved rapidly potential cvd management however unclear current technology usage cvd patients needs interests technology enabled cra technology usage questionnaire developed completed patients supervised ambulatory cr program adult congenital heart disease clinic two communitybased cr programs results described related age gender educational level spearman correlationsof 310 patients 298 patients 77 male mean age 617 145 years completed least 25 questions survey included analysis completion rate 96 97 patients mobile phone used internet 91 heart rate monitors used 35 68 reported find heart rate monitoring important exercising home physical activity monitoring reported 12 respondents respondents interested cr support internet 77 mobile phone 68 many patients reported interest gamebased cr 67 virtual rehabilitation 58 least medium interest technology enabled cr reported 75 patients interest decreased increasing age r 016 p 0005cvd patients show interest technology enabled homebased cr results could guide design technologybased virtual cr intervention