Perception of Tele-Rehabilitation Among Phase III Cardiac Patients
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Background: Telerehabilitation may provide a flexible approach to supporting cardiac rehabilitation, but its successful implementation depends partly on patients’ awareness, familiarity, and perceptions of remote rehabilitation services. Objective: To assess awareness and perception of telerehabilitation among Phase III cardiac rehabilitation patients and examine their associations with age, gender, and cardiac rehabilitation enrollment. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among 86 adults aged 46–65 years recruited through non-probability convenience sampling from tertiary cardiac care settings in Karachi, Pakistan. Awareness and perception-related responses were summarized as frequencies and percentages, and categorical associations were assessed using Pearson’s chi-square test. Results: Thirty-three participants (38.4%) reported a positive awareness response and 24 (27.9%) reported previous telerehabilitation use. Positive perceptions were reported for reduced physiotherapy-clinic visits by 44 participants (51.2%), easier communication with healthcare professionals by 43 (50.0%), caregiver monitoring by 40 (46.5%), and enhanced access to care by 34 (39.5%). Perceived caregiver-monitoring benefit differed by age group, with agreement among 24/41 (58.5%) participants aged 56–65 years compared with 16/45 (35.6%) aged 46–55 years (χ²=10.24, df=2, p=0.006; Cramér’s V=0.35). Conclusion: Awareness and previous exposure to telerehabilitation were limited, although several practical aspects were perceived favorably. Age was associated with perceptions of caregiver-monitoring benefit
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