Medium-Term Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Internet-Based and Patient-Specific Telerehabilitation Program With Text Messaging Support for Cardiac Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial

Ines Frederix   ^{1, 2} , MD research doctorat ;   Dominique Hansen   ¹ , PhD ;   Karin Coninx   ³ , PhD ;   Pieter Vandervoort   ^{1, 4} , MD,PhD ;   Dominique Vandijck   ^{1, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Niel Hens   ^{7, 8} , PhD (Statistics) ;   Emeline Van Craenenbroeck   ⁹ , MD,PhD ;   Niels Van Driessche   ¹ ;   Paul Dendale   ^{1, 2} , MD,PhD

¹ Mobile Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

² Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium

³ Expertise Center for Digital Media, Faculty of Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

⁴ Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Hospital East-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

⁵ Patient Safety & Health Economics Institute, Department of Patient Safety & Health Economics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

⁶ Medicine and Health Sciences Institution, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

⁷ Interuniversity Institute of Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics, Interuniversity Institute of Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium

⁸ Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Center for Health Economic Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

⁹ Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium