Web platform – A new tool for a personalized approach to scheduled training

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    personalizes approach, scheduled training

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    https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2018.487

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    In Republic of Croatia there is a continuous and statistically significant increase of incidence of death due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). The waiting list for cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is increased due to insufficient capacity in Centers providing rehabilitation. Development of new technologies gives us new possibilities in implementation CR. Personalized approach, tracking of physical activity and access to parameters of healthy subjects, as well as ill people, along with the education of patients and their families are all parts of new perspective in personalized approach to rehabilitation of each patient. ( 1 ) We are developing a project that consists of a web portal structured with existing multiple-choice menu. Portal will provide all relevant information about his disease for patients, network of CR centers in Croatia, guidelines for patients’ rights to enter rehabilitation and information and contacts with CR centers. The unregistered part of the portal consists of comprehensive and continuous source of primary prevention guidelines through educational programs. Guidelines includes general information about risk factor, cardiovascular diseases, mortality rates and illness in Croatia and world and general guidelines on implementation of CR. The web portal will consolidate joint collaboration of all institutions involved in cardiac rehabilitation, while meeting accreditation standards set for obtaining work license, which includes education of the professional staff. For registered users portal provides patients with additional possibilities in secondary prevention and CR program. Users profiles contains possibility of individualized program of CR taking account patients clinical status. If a patient has undergone rehabilitation program in Thalassotherapy in Opatija, then the profile will include basic parameters and results of CR and plan for programmed training for further rehabilitation. Patients on waiting list will be allowed an early start of rehabilitation if they satisfy initial questionnaire of risk classification. There will be access to various thematic channels and blogs that will, depending of expertise area, contain various educational materials in the form of professional articles and video materials from field of nutrition, clinical psychology, physical and interval training with infallible motivational content. It will be possible to transfer data from smart devices (smartphones, smartwatches) and various applications for tracking of physical activities and to permanently save user profile results, which allows us to monitor continuity of patient physical activity and as part of secondary prevention gives us the possibility to direct and to form recommended dose of physical activity. Access to virtual bicycle training (in the future on treadmill and rowing ergometer) enabled simulated training on outdoor trails. The database will offer each patient trails surrounding his life environment and paths with the same intensity in other parts in Croatia and around the world which builds motive for physical activities. With telemedicine support, the availability of a cardiologist to answer questions related to rehabilitation will be available in all parts of Croatia. Web portal as a large database of statistics will show current status of patient care and thus improve CR. This is a foundation for creating future general and preventive plans in protection from CVD. In the light of increase significance of prevention from CVD, rehabilitation of cardiovascular patients will become more important in overall care and prevention of diseases and mortality from CVD, with decrease of costs and increase in quality of life importance in overall care and prevention.

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    Web platform – A new tool for a personalized approach to scheduled training

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    Issue11-12
    Published
    Pages487-488
    PDF via DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2018.487
    personalizes approach
    scheduled training

    Authors

    Paolo Šorić*ORCIDOpatija, Croatia
    Ivona BrajkovićORCIDOpatija, Croatia

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    In Republic of Croatia there is a continuous and statistically significant increase of incidence of death due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). The waiting list for cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) is increased due to insufficient capacity in Centers providing rehabilitation. Development of new technologies gives us new possibilities in implementation CR. Personalized approach, tracking of physical activity and access to parameters of healthy subjects, as well as ill people, along with the education of patients and their families are all parts of new perspective in personalized approach to rehabilitation of each patient. ( 1 ) We are developing a project that consists of a web portal structured with existing multiple-choice menu. Portal will provide all relevant information about his disease for patients, network of CR centers in Croatia, guidelines for patients’ rights to enter rehabilitation and information and contacts with CR centers. The unregistered part of the portal consists of comprehensive and continuous source of primary prevention guidelines through educational programs. Guidelines includes general information about risk factor, cardiovascular diseases, mortality rates and illness in Croatia and world and general guidelines on implementation of CR. The web portal will consolidate joint collaboration of all institutions involved in cardiac rehabilitation, while meeting accreditation standards set for obtaining work license, which includes education of the professional staff. For registered users portal provides patients with additional possibilities in secondary prevention and CR program. Users profiles contains possibility of individualized program of CR taking account patients clinical status. If a patient has undergone rehabilitation program in Thalassotherapy in Opatija, then the profile will include basic parameters and results of CR and plan for programmed training for further rehabilitation. Patients on waiting list will be allowed an early start of rehabilitation if they satisfy initial questionnaire of risk classification. There will be access to various thematic channels and blogs that will, depending of expertise area, contain various educational materials in the form of professional articles and video materials from field of nutrition, clinical psychology, physical and interval training with infallible motivational content. It will be possible to transfer data from smart devices (smartphones, smartwatches) and various applications for tracking of physical activities and to permanently save user profile results, which allows us to monitor continuity of patient physical activity and as part of secondary prevention gives us the possibility to direct and to form recommended dose of physical activity. Access to virtual bicycle training (in the future on treadmill and rowing ergometer) enabled simulated training on outdoor trails. The database will offer each patient trails surrounding his life environment and paths with the same intensity in other parts in Croatia and around the world which builds motive for physical activities. With telemedicine support, the availability of a cardiologist to answer questions related to rehabilitation will be available in all parts of Croatia. Web portal as a large database of statistics will show current status of patient care and thus improve CR. This is a foundation for creating future general and preventive plans in protection from CVD. In the light of increase significance of prevention from CVD, rehabilitation of cardiovascular patients will become more important in overall care and prevention of diseases and mortality from CVD, with decrease of costs and increase in quality of life importance in overall care and prevention.