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- The study examined patients' views on home exercise programs (HEPs) and their experiences with a mobile app that assists in these exercises through interviews with 10 outpatient physiotherapy patients.
- A strong therapeutic relationship between physiotherapists and patients allowed for personalized HEPs that fit into patients' lifestyles, with the mobile app being preferred over traditional paper instructions.
- The findings highlight the importance of considering patients' daily lives in exercise prescriptions and suggest that mobile applications can enhance but not replace direct clinical interactions.
Article Abstract
We explored patients' perspectives on home exercise programmes (HEPs) and their experiences using a mobile application designed to facilitate home exercise. Data were generated using qualitative, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with 10 participants who were receiving outpatient physiotherapy. Establishing a therapeutic partnership between physiotherapists and patients enabled therapists to customize the HEPs to the patients' lifestyles and preferences. Analysis suggests that using the mobile application improved participants' ability to integrate the HEP into their daily life and was overwhelmingly preferred to traditional paper handouts. The results suggest that efforts to engage patients in HEPs need to take their daily lives into account. To move in this direction, sample exercise prescription questions are offered. Mobile applications do not replace the clinical encounter, but they can be an effective tool and an extension of delivering personalized HEPs in an existing therapeutic partnership.
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