Trial reportPloS one2020
A qualitative exploration of cardiovascular disease patients' views and experiences with an eHealth cardiac rehabilitation intervention: The PATHway Project.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How digital health tools shape emotional support experiences in cardiovascular care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Patient Needs Regarding Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on cardiovascular disease patients' experiences using digital health tools.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Home-based versus centre-based cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to virtual education in cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review of qualitative studies.European journal of cardiovascular nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Facilitators and Barriers to the Adoption of Telemedicine During the First Year of COVID-19: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- A qualitative study of telemedicine in heart failure care.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The HEALERS: a patient, community, and stakeholder advisory board focus group series to refine a novel virtual world-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention and clinical trial.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Patient-reported preferences in eHealth-based cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative investigation of behavior change techniques, barriers and facilitators.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- The changing landscape of cardiac rehabilitation and the power of personalized therapy.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Exercise, prescription and training in ACHD.International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease · 2023Review
- Factors that influence the provision of home-based rehabilitation services for people needing rehabilitation: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- A qualitative exploration of people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis experience of a virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programme.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Transitions in Technology-Mediated Cardiac Rehabilitation and Self-management: Qualitative Study Using the Theoretical Domains Framework.JMIR cardio · 2021Article
- Implementing a Sedentary Behavior Change Smartphone App in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Analysis Guided by the Theoretical Domains Framework and Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation-Behavior Model.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore participants' views and experiences of an eHealth phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) intervention: Physical Activity Towards Health (PATHway). Sixty participants took part in the PATHway intervention. Debriefs were conducted after the six-month intervention. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analysed with Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis. Forty-four (71%) debriefs were conducted (n = 34 male, mean (SD) age 61 (10) years). Five key themes were identified: (1) Feedback on the components of the PATHway system, (2) Motivation, (3) Barriers to using PATHway, (4) Enablers to using PATHway, and (5) Post programme reflection. There were a number of subthemes within each theme, for example motivation explores participants motivation to take part in PATHway and participants motivation to sustain engagement with PATHway throughout the intervention period. Participant engagement with the components of the PATHway system was variable. Future research should focus on optimising participant familiarisation with eHealth systems and employ an iterative approach to development and evaluation.
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