It is like someone holding your hand when you need it - lived experiences of patients with cardiovascular disease participating in a digital health intervention focusing on the maintenance of physical activity after cardiac rehabilitation.

Purpose: To explore patients with cardiovascular diseases' lived experiences of the support given by a text message intervention focusing on the maintenance of physical activity after supervised cardiac rehabilitation.

Methods: In a qualitative study, participants from the feasibility trial FAIR were interviewed individually twice to disclose their lived experiences during and after the trial. Transcribed interviews were analysed based on a phenomenological-hermeneutic method, inspired by Paul Ricoeur's philosophy on narrative and interpretation.

Benefits and Harms of Digital Health Interventions Promoting Physical Activity in People With Chronic Conditions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Digital health interventions for managing chronic conditions have great potential. However, the benefits and harms are still unclear.

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the benefits and harms of digital health interventions in promoting physical activity in people with chronic conditions.

Maintenance of physical activity after cardiac rehabilitation (FAIR): study protocol for a feasibility trial.

Introduction: To enhance health and prevent secondary consequences for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), maintenance of an active lifestyle following participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is important. However, levels of physical activity often decrease after completion of a structured CR programme. Models that support long-term behaviour change with a sustained level of physical activity are imperative.

Physical activity after colorectal cancer surgery-a cross sectional study of patients with a long-term stoma.

Purpose: Physical activity is recommended to cancer survivors by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is associated with improved survival after colorectal cancer. It remains unclear whether having a stoma is a barrier for an active lifestyle. We examined the level of physical activity and explored factors impacting physical activity in survivors with a stoma.

Patients' experiences of abdominal exercises after stoma surgery: a qualitative study.

Purpose: Abdominal exercises are being advocated after stoma surgery and investigated in clinical research. Little is known about the patients' perspective of doing abdominal exercises in the first three months after getting a stoma. The aim of this study was to explore patients' experiences with and attitudes toward abdominal exercises after stoma surgery.

Evaluation of abdominal exercises after stoma surgery: a descriptive study.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of exercises for the abdominal muscles in patients after colostomy or ileostomy formation on the following parameters: muscle activity, pain, discomfort, and difficulty of performing the exercises.

Materials And Methods: Patients with a new stoma were divided into groups based on time after surgery: Early group, 0-2 weeks ( = 12); Intermediate group, 2-6 weeks ( = 15); and Late group, 6-12 weeks ( = 10). During a single individual test session, participants in each group performed a different set of 10-11 abdominal coordination and strengthening exercises for the abdominal muscles.