MobileHeart, a mobile smartphone-based application that supports and monitors coronary artery disease patients during rehabilitation

Abstract

Conventional center-based cardiac rehabilitation adherence is poor, adversely affecting long-term efficacy. Innovative strategies such as telerehabilitation are perceived as promising alternatives to improve care delivery. This paper presents the results of prior and ongoing work on the design and development of MobileHeart, a telemedical smartphone-based application to be used in secondary prevention for ischemic heart disease patients. Its constituent components are discussed separately, the minimal necessary cardiovascular monitoring requirements are elaborated in more detail. The results are offered starting from a clinical perspective to stress its relevance in the establishment of scientifically/medically sound programs.

Cardiac Rehabilitation During Quarantine in COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges for Center-Based Programs

“…25 To summarize, compared with conventional center-based CR, recent studies and meta-analyses suggest that telerehabilitation could be (1) as effective on improving the _ VO 2 peak, (2) less costly, (3) safe, and (4) more effective in terms of maintenance of an active lifestyle in the medium-term. 19,[26][27][28][29][30][31] Regarding mortality, cardiovascular risk factors, and physical activity volume, Dalal et al demonstrated in 1938 cardiac patients that there was no difference between home-based and center-based CR programs. 32 Studies with longer follow-up are still needed in the subpopulation of cardiac patients with heart failure.…”

Context-aware system for cardiac condition monitoring and management: a survey

“…Sannino and De Pietro (2011) used Alive Heart Monitor(KardiaMobile), ECG sensor and accelerometer sensor to collect and aggregate different parameters for heart disease monitoring. Frederix et al (2016) in their research used Mio Alpha 2 to collect user's details in order to monitor and support ischemic patients during rehabilitation. Some researchers such as (Miao et al 2015), and (Kunnath et al 2013), used smartphones to collect accelerometer data for activity recognition during the monitoring process.…”

“…Due to the advancement in mobile technology, coupled with the wide use of mobile phones, researchers also examined the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation system using mobile technologies (Antypass and Wangberg 2014; Frederix et al 2015;Maddison et al 2015;Worringham, Rojek, and Stewart 2011;Park et al 2016;Unal et al 2018). Frederix et al (2016) presented a "Mobile-Heart", to support and monitor patient during rehabilitation. MobileHeart is a smartphone-based application that supports and monitor ischemic patients during rehabilitation.…”

A Novel Digital Platform for a Monitored Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

“…Moreover, patients' adherence to CR programs is not satisfactory. Home-based models have been developed to overcome obstacles such as distance as well as time constraints 29,30,31,32,33,34,35 .…”

“…Currently, home-based physical activity programs utilize diaries/questionnaires and mobile phone-based interventions 29,30,31,32,35,39 . However, all current remote home-based monitoring devices lack the technology to share data with the clinical team in real-time.…”