Medium-term effectiveness of a comprehensive internet-based and patient-specific telerehabilitation program with text messaging support for cardiac patients: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Frederix, Ines ^a,b   Hansen, Dominique ^a   Coninx, Karin ^a   Vandervoort, Pieter ^a,c   Vandijck, Dominique ^a,d   Hens, Niel ^a,e   Van Craenenbroeck, Emeline ^f   Van Driessche, Niels ^a   Dendale, Paul ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; eHealth; Internet; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; TELEREHABILITATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEREHABILITATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84938578279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4799     Document Type: Article

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