Future Patient - Telerehabilitation of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Future Patient - Telerehabilitering af Patienter Med Atrieflimren (FP-AF)

This project has focus on patients with atrial fibrillation testing a telerehabilitation program for patients with atrial fibrillation.

The overall aim of the FP-AF program is to increase quality of life by giving the patients and relatives more knowledge about atrial fibrillation, its symptoms, and the issues of living with atrial fibrillation in everyday life. The specific aims are to individualize the rehabilitation process and help the patients and relatives develop their own self-management strategies using their own clinical data and their enhanced knowledge about AF.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation
• Adults over 18 years
• Living in Skive, Viborg or Silkeborg Municipalities
• Living at home and capable of caring for themselves
• Have basic computer skills or having a relative/friend with basic computer skills

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy
• Refusal or inability to cooperate; or patient not does not speak, read or understand Danish
• Life expectancy less than a year