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Brief name | |
1 | Exercise-based CORE telerehabilitation intervention to increase cardiorespiratory fitness |
Why | |
2 | Remote supervision of exercise-based rehabilitation may result in a more individualised approach, increased patient responsibility, and enhanced compliance, which may lead to improvement in the cardiovascular disease prevention |
What | |
3 | Participants received a telemonitored exercise training programe with telesupervision guidance through a web-based platform and telephone call. |
4 | The exercise prescription was self-monitored by the participant using a HR sensor (Polar M430) with a gradual increase in exercise intensity. |
Who provided | |
5 | A physiotherapist specializing in cardiac rehabilitation for more than five years has provided CORE telerehabilitation intervention to participants individually. |
How | |
6 | The physiotherapist, via a web-based platform (PolarFlow), telemonitored and telesupervised participants post-exercise and telephone telesupervision was provided once a week. From weeks 0 to 12, participants received regular weekly phone calls (10 to 20 min) to monitor for adverse effects, promote compliance and adherence to the study protocol, address any participant questions or concerns, and gather information about participants’ current symptomatology. |
Where | |
7 | Participants were recruited from a municipal oncology clinic that provides care to patients and survivors from the entire South Moravian region of the Czechia |
When and How Much | |
8 | Participants were encouraged to exercise three times a week for 12 weeks at a level of 60 to 85% HRmax and 11 to 13 on the Borg rating of RPE |
Tailoring | |
9 | Participants began with 30 min of exercise in the first two weeks and then the duration increased up to 50 min (Fig. 2). |
Modifications | |
10* | NA |
How well | |
11 | Adherence to the training prescription was monitored using a web-based training diary. Adherence to the intervention was considered valid when at least 70% of the prescribed exercise sessions were completed. At the end of the intervention, the participants evaluated the applicability of the telerehabilitation intervention using a Visual analog scale (0–10). The resulting assessment was determined, 0–3 points for low satisfaction, 4–7 points for average satisfaction, and 8–10 points for high satisfaction. |
12* | The mean participation rate in the planned exercise sessions was 78.2%. On average, the participant completed 30.5 ± 6.8 sessions (range: 13–36). The average time of one training session was 43.9 ± 11.6 min. Participants maintained the training intensity at 79.7 ± 4.1% of HRmax. |