title: Getting better together? Opportunities and limitations for technology-facilitated social support in cardiac rehabilitation.
abstract: Social support has long been positively correlated with cardiac outcomes. However, sources of tension surrounding peer-involvement in the period following acute cardiac events are well documented. Informed by a previous study of patient perspectives of peer-involvement in cardiac rehabilitation, this paper draws from the cardiac and computing literature to provide actionable insights into how technology could be designed to promote appropriate peer-involvement and the challenges that may be faced when designing technologies to support the unsupported.
authors.affiliation: People-Centered Technologies Group, National Research Council of Canada, Fredericton, Canada. julie.maitland@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maitland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010379:Peer Group; D012944:Social Support; D013672:Technology