Engelsk titel: Relatives’ experiences of patients’ telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation
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Författare:
Bregendahl, Ann Wolff
;
Laustsen, Sussie
Email: Ann.Wolff.Bregendahl@rsyd.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 17
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16065374
Sammanfattning
Relatives of heart patients in rehabilitation often perceive their situation as stressful. Home-
based rehabilitation through telemedicine changes their situation. This study seeks insight from
relatives’ perception of heart patients’ participation in telemonitored cardiac rehabilitation (TCR). The
study was based on semi-structured interviews with three relatives. We found that the relatives
perceived TCR as an integrated part of everyday life. If the patient’s lifestyle was unhealthy, or
exercise-based rehabilitation needed to be adjusted, the relatives had confidence in the monitoring
equipment and feedback from the nurse. This supported them in continuing their normal routines.
Additionally, the three relatives took part in the patients’ rehabilitation, because they found it
important. The downside was, nevertheless, the relatives’ concern about their future role as
responsible for their partners’ maintenance of a heart-friendly lifestyle. However, the relatives
expressed their partners’ participation in TCR as predominantly positive.