Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Usability of a telehealth-nurse supported home-based walking training for peripheral arterial disease - The Keep Pace! pilot study.
Vasa. 2024; 53(4):246-254
Doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001127
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- Brodmann Marianne
- Goritschan Anna
- Seinost Gerald
- Silbernagel Günther
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- Background: Guidelines recommend walking trainings for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) management. Supervised walking training is superior to walking advise to improve the walking distance. Telehealth service with nurse support may close this gap. Patients and methods: This study introduces a telehealth service, "Keep pace!", which has been developed for patients with symptomatic PAD (Fontaine stage IIa and IIb), enabling a structured home-based walking training while monitoring progress via an app collecting unblinded account of steps and walking distance in self-paced 6-minute-walking-tests by geolocation tracking to enhance intrinsic motivation. Supervision by nurses via telephone calls was provided for 8 weeks, followed by 4 weeks of independent walking training. Patient satisfaction, walking distance and health-related quality of life were assessed. Results: 19 patients completed the study. The analysis revealed an overall high satisfaction with the telehealth service (95.4%), including system quality (95.1%), information quality (94.4%), service quality (95.6%), intention to use (92.8%), general satisfaction with the program (98.4%) and health benefits (95.8%). 78.9% asserted that the telehealth service lacking nurse calls would be less efficacious. Pain-free walking distance (76.3±36.8m to 188.4±81.2m, +112.2%, p<0.001) as well as total distance in 6-minute-walking test (308.8±82.6m to 425.9±107.1m, +117.2%, p<0.001) improved significantly. The telehealth service significantly reduced discomfort by better pain control (+15.5%, p=0.015) and social participation (+10.5%, p=0.042). Conclusions: In conclusion, patients were highly satisfied with the telehealth service. The physical well-being of the PAD patients improved significantly post vs. prior the telehealth program.
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- Humans - administration & dosage
- Pilot Projects - administration & dosage
- Peripheral Arterial Disease - nursing, diagnosis, therapy, physiopathology
- Male - administration & dosage
- Female - administration & dosage
- Aged - administration & dosage
- Patient Satisfaction - administration & dosage
- Quality of Life - administration & dosage
- Walking - administration & dosage
- Middle Aged - administration & dosage
- Treatment Outcome - administration & dosage
- Exercise Therapy - nursing
- Recovery of Function - administration & dosage
- Exercise Tolerance - administration & dosage
- Time Factors - administration & dosage
- Mobile Applications - administration & dosage
- Home Care Services - administration & dosage
- Telemedicine - administration & dosage
- Walk Test - administration & dosage
- Aged, 80 and over - administration & dosage
- Motivation - administration & dosage
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- Telehealth service
- peripheral arterial disease
- walking training
- pain-free walking distance
- 6-minute-walking test