Development of Mobile Software "SRCardioCare" Prototype for Implementing Home-Based Exercise Program Among Patients After Adult Cardiac Surgical Revascularization: Qualitative Feasibility Study.
Ajith Kumar Pichai, A Sathya, Thillaigovindarajan SenthilKumar and 2 others
PMID 41730181WHAT IT FOUND
Health care professionals interviewed about a prototype home-based cardiac rehabilitation app described it as useful and safe to suggest, but flagged manual vital entry and clinician reply time as feasibility problems.
Key findings
01Health care professionals described the app as useful for cardiac rehabilitation and safe to suggest for patient enrollment.
02Manual documentation of vitals was reported as inefficient because of varying digital literacy.
03Clinicians identified time constraints for managing and replying to patient vitals and comments.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTs
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What it does not show
The reported participants were health care professionals, not patients after cardiac revascularization, so it does not show how patients would use the app or what they would achieve. The study was a prototype and feasibility interview, not a completed test of the home exercise program in patients. The paper gives inconsistent participant counts, which makes the sample size unclear. Purposive sampling of a small group of health care professionals may not represent wider practice. Patient outcomes such as adherence, rehospitalization, functional capacity, quality of life, and satisfaction were described as planned analyses but were not reported here.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that this app improves home exercise outcomes for cardiac surgical revascularization patients. The reported study interviewed health care professionals about a prototype and did not present patient outcome results.
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