O’Shea, Orlagh, Woods, Catherine, McDermott, Lauri, Buys, Roselien, Cornelis, Nils, Claes, Jomme, Cornelissen, Véronique, Gallagher, Anne, Newton, Helen, Moyna, Niall, McCaffrey, Noel, Susta, Davide, McDermott, Clare, McCormack, Ciara, Budts, Werner and Moran, Kieran (2020) A qualitative exploration of cardiovascular disease patients’ views and experiences with an eHealth cardiac rehabilitation intervention: The PATHway Project. PLoS ONE, 15 (7): e0235274. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore participants’ views and experiences of an eHealth phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) intervention: Physical Activity Towards Health (PATHway). Sixty participants took part in the PATHway intervention. Debriefs were conducted after the six-month intervention. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analysed with Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis. Forty-four (71%) debriefs were conducted (n = 34 male, mean (SD) age 61 (10) years). Five key themes were identified: (1) Feedback on the components of the PATHway system, (2) Motivation, (3) Barriers to using PATHway, (4) Enablers to using PATHway, and (5) Post programme reflection. There were a number of subthemes within each theme, for example motivation explores participants motivation to take part in PATHway and participants motivation to sustain engagement with PATHway throughout the intervention period. Participant engagement with the components of the PATHway system was variable. Future research should focus on optimising participant familiarisation with eHealth systems and employ an iterative approach to development and evaluation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | qualitative; exploration; cardiovascular disease; patients’ views; experiences; eHealth; cardiac rehabilitation; intervention; PATHway Project; |
| Academic Unit: | Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Sports Science and Nutrition |
| Item ID: | 21387 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0235274 |
| Depositing User: | Kieran Moran |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2026 15:03 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | PLoS ONE |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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