Conclusions : Telehealth interventions with a range of delivery modes could be offered to patients who can not attend cardiac rehabilitation , or as an adjunct to cardiac rehabilitation for effective secondary prevention
Background : Coronary heart disease ( CHD ) is a major cause of death worldwide .
Cardiac rehabilitation , an evidence -based CHD secondary prevention programme , remains underutilized .
Telehealth may offer an innovative solution to overcome barriers to cardiac rehabilitation attendance .
We aim ed to determine whether contemporary telehealth interventions can provide effective secondary prevention as an alternative or adjunct care compared with cardiac rehabilitation and /or usual care for patients with CHD .
Impact of pharmacy counseling on compliance and effectiveness of combination lipid-lowering therapy in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization: a randomized, controlled trial.
This r and omized , controlled trial evaluated the impact of personalized follow-up on compliance rates in high-risk patients receiving combination lipid-lowering therapy over 2 years . A r and om sample of 30 patients 7 - 30 days after cardiac surgery had baseline fasting low-density lipoprotein levels higher than 130 mg/dl . All patients received lovastatin 20 mg/day and colestipol 5 g twice/day . Weekly telephone contact was made with each patient for 12 weeks . Short- and long-term compliance was assessed by pill and packet counts and refill records . Compliance and lipid profile results were significantly better in the intervention group ( p<0.05 ) up to 2 years after the start of therapy than in the control group for all parameters except high-density lipoprotein . However , this effect was not apparent during the first 12 weeks of therapy . Short-term telephone follow-up favorably affected compliance and lipid profile results up to 2 years after start of therapy
Conclusions : Telehealth interventions with a range of delivery modes could be offered to patients who can not attend cardiac rehabilitation , or as an adjunct to cardiac rehabilitation for effective secondary prevention
Background : Coronary heart disease ( CHD ) is a major cause of death worldwide .
Cardiac rehabilitation , an evidence -based CHD secondary prevention programme , remains underutilized .
Telehealth may offer an innovative solution to overcome barriers to cardiac rehabilitation attendance .
We aim ed to determine whether contemporary telehealth interventions can provide effective secondary prevention as an alternative or adjunct care compared with cardiac rehabilitation and /or usual care for patients with CHD .