Teledi@Log - Tele-rehabilitation of Heart Patients (Teledi@log)

• Quality of life [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline), change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  Quality of life is measured via the questionaire SF 36 (short form health survey) at baseline (at inclusion) and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
  
  

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline), change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  To measure the patients degree of anxiety and depression at baseline (inclusion), changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
  
  
• Self-determination [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline), change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  Questionaires on self-determination will be used in order to get an impression of the patients perception on handling their disease at baseline(inclusion)and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
  
  
• Health outcome EQ 5 [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline), change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  To measure health outcome at baseline (inclusion, and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
  
  
• Health economical evaluation [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline), change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  An assessment of the economical perspective of the telerehabilitation programme will be performed at baseline (inclusion of patients) and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
  
  
• Interorganizational aspects of a telerehabilitation programme [ Time Frame: January 2013 (baseline) and change from baseline at October 2013 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  Interorganiszational aspect of the crosssectional telerehabilitation programme will be explored through observations and qualitative interviews with healthcare professionals at baseline (start of the study) and changes from baseline will be identified in October 2013.
  
  
• Social media for telerehabilitation [ Time Frame: At baseline ( inclusion) and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  Patients use of social media during an rehabilitation process will be explored through interviews at baseline (inclusion) and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months will be identified.
  
  

• Perception of health [ Time Frame: At baseline( inclusion) At inclusion (baseline), changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  To identify the patients feeling of their health during telerehabilitation at inclusion(baseline)and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months will be identified.
  
  
• Steps taken [ Time Frame: At inclusion (baseline) and changes from baseline will be indtified after 3, 6 and 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  To measure steps taken with a step counter at baseline(inclusion) and At inclusion (baseline), changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months will be identified.
  
  
• Qualitative perceptions of telerehabilitation [ Time Frame: At baseline (inclusion) At inclusion (baseline), changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  To explore patients perceptions of participating in a telerehabilitation program at baseline (incluion) and changes from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months will be identified
  
  

The aims of the research project are:

To assess the heart patients' and family members' needs for rehabilitation in the health system

To assess the need for coordination of the rehabilitation effort in the health system

To develop tele-rehabilitation concepts and technologies for heart patients, family members and health professionals in the health sector

To promote an early, rapid and effective rehabilitation of heart patients to improve their daily life and working life.

To prevent re-hospitalization of heart patients through a more individualized and differentiated rehabilitation effort using tele-rehabilitation technologies.

To conduct a randomized study of a tele-rehabilitation concept using tele-rehabilitation technologies and to assess the clinical, technical, organizational and health-economic effects.