Patient Attitudes Toward Telemedicine-Delivered Cardiac Rehabilitation.
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BACKGROUND Telemedicine delivered cardiac rehabilitation telemedicine CR provides an alternative pathway for patients who are unable to participate in conventional CR Little is known regarding the relationships among potential participants perceptions of barriers to CR participation interest in telemedicine CR and self efficacy beliefs toward the use of telemedicine The purpose of this study was to identify if associations exist between these variables METHODS A quantitative correlational survey study was conducted using the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale and a survey examining interest in and self efficacy for telemedicine technologies Eighty three patients were invited to participate RESULTS Twenty surveys 24 were returned Significant correlations were identified between interest in telemedicine CR and self efficacy beliefs for the use of live video links rs 14 510 p 044 and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale Comorbidity subscale rs 18 469 p 037 CONCLUSIONS Higher self efficacy for the use of video chat and fewer perceived comorbidity barriers were associated with greater interest in telemedicine CR