Evaluation of a Preparatory eHealth Intervention to Support Cardiac Patients During Their Waiting Period.

The app is a digital, tailored intervention aimed at activating patients during their waiting period between discharge from hospital and start of their cardiac rehabilitation by providing certainty and guidance. The goal of the intervention is to reach the end-goal: the start of the rehabilitation. Progression towards this end-goal is made automatically as time advances. The intervention provides guidance by providing the patient with a set of daily messages. These messages are pre-made by representatives of different disciplines within cardiac rehabilitation. The messages contain discipline-related information and suggestions as well as a perspective on peer experiences. Each day, the patient is free to choose which and the number of messages to engage with.