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. 2022 Apr 26;9(2):e34819. doi: 10.2196/34819

Table 2.

Joint display of results and findings summarized into categories according to the source of data.

Categories Source of data

Logbooks Field notes
Home-based rehabilitation
  • Home visits for technology introduction: n=8; lasted 1.5-2 hours each.

  • Additional home visits for technical support: n=6.

  • Transportation between the hospital and patient’s homes varied from 20 to 80 km.

  • Easier to establish a relationship during the home visit when patients had met the health professional during hospital stay.

  • Easier for patients to follow the instructions when these were practical.

Web-based exercise training
  • The number of training sessions per participant varied from 2 (n=1) to 7 (n=1).

  • The number of participants per session varied from 1 to 3.

  • The sessions lasted 30-40 minutes each.

  • Heart rate during the aerobic exercises varied from 70 to 90 beats per minute.

  • For the CR10 dyspnea, the reported rating was 3-4.

  • Two spouses joined the training sessions.

  • No adverse events occurred during the web-based training sessions.

  • Giving individual guidance during web-based sessions was a challenge when ≥2 patients participated.

  • An advantage to monitor the heart rate for targeting training intensity.

  • Trying exercises and training equipment during the home visit supported individualization of exercises for the web-based sessions.

Activity tracker
  • Number of steps per day: 1.868 to 17.280; distance varied from 1.457 to 7.840 m

  • Number of days the units were used: 7-28 days

  • Three patients returned their training diaries.

  • There was concordance between patient registered data and the unit’s stored data.

  • Only 1 user registered data for all days.

Web-based session with the nurse
  • Five sessions took place, lasting from 20 to 45 minutes each.

  • One session was as a telephone call.

  • Internet-based face-to-face meeting was a positive experience and the issues discussed were mostly of practical nature.

Website
  • Log-in entry data were not collected.

  • The introduction to the use of the website took place as the last part of the home visit.

Technical issues
  • Telephone guidance to the log-in procedure given to 4 of 5 users, often for the first session.

  • One participant needed telephone guidance for all the sessions.

  • External challenge: unstable or insufficient 4G net coverage; program or net outage.

  • User-related challenge: Information technology novice in the use of a touch screen or email program; guidance for session log-in was often necessary; impaired vision or hearing.

  • Functionality

    • Tablet: customized for each user; relatively small screen size, when ≥2 users are connected at the same time; user forgets to charge the battery.

    • Equipment: a 124.5-cm monitor facilitates viewing users logged in; a large screen enhances provision of individual guidance for the web-based training.