Web-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Co-design Experience With Patients Living in Rural and Remote South Australia in the Country Heart Attack (CHAP) Prevention Project

Abstract

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly reduces death, reoccurring cardiac events, hospital admissions while improving quality of life. However, it is still poorly attended with participation rates worldwide between 20-50%, worsened for rural and remote patients by the tyranny of distance, work responsibilities and transportation. Web-based CR can provide an alternative, patient centred, flexible delivery option. Co-design with consumers and clinicians is recommended to tailor web-based CR to their needs and preferences as a means of increasing attendance.