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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"Cardiac Rehabilitation"”.
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The Rehabbing of Cardiac Rehabilitation
… the RN’s and patients to complete their daily rehabilitation exercises. This intervention is geared towards accelerating patient recovery and expediting discharge to decrease length of stay for this CV surgery population. The entire staff has been receptive to the improvement modifications …
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Factors influencing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance
BACKGROUND Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based, secondary prevention treatment programme that assists and guides patients in developing healthier lifestyles after a cardiac event. CR has been shown to prevent future coronary events and is an effective way of reducing disability and …
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The Quality and Variability of Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery
Background: Cardiac care, including cardiac rehabilitation (CR), is most effective if it is high-quality. The aim of this study was to describe CR quality, using the recently-developed Canadian Cardiovascular Society CR quality indicators (QIs). As secondary and tertiary objectives, site …
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Cost-Effectiveness of Exercise Facilitation Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation
Background: Physical activity declines post-cardiac rehabilitation (CR) suggests the need for an exercise maintenance intervention. The study objectives were to assess (1) health-care resource utilization, (2) QALYs, and (3) intervention cost-effectiveness. Methods: A randomized controlled trial of …
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Self-Esteem and Mastery in Maintenance Cardiac Rehabilitation
Background: CVD is the second leading cause of death in Canada. Mastery and self-esteem are psychosocial factors, suggested to be emerging risk factors for CVD. Purpose: The purpose of the study was two-fold; first to establish whether mastery and self-esteem predicted adherence to maintenance CR; …
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance and Women: A Straussian Grounded Theory
Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary intervention, designed to improve the life of the post myocardial infarction patient and reduce their morbidity and mortality. Although the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation apply equally to women as they do to men, research shows that patient …
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Promoting Cardiac Rehabilitation Use Across the Phases: Focus on Women
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) utilization is sub-optimal, especially in women, despite the abundant evidence of its benefits. This thesis aimed to understand CR utilization across the acute, outpatient, and maintenance phases, with a focus on women. First, an observational study evaluated an …
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Heart-focused Anxiety as a Predictor of Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance
<p>Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death and functional impairment in North America. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly improves health outcomes, yet adherence to treatment is a major obstacle for this population. Psychosocial factors such as depression have been identified as …
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Avoiding 30-day Readmissions of Acute MI Patients Utilizing Cardiac Rehabilitation
… propose the implementation of a hospital based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) program that allows AMI patients to participate as early as 48 -72 hours post discharge. This first part, or intake to the CR program would reinforce discharge teaching inclusive of medication reconciliation, symptom …
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Factors associated with participation in a phase three cardiac rehabilitation programme
… diseases (NCDs) benefit from participating in cardiac rehabilitation programmes (CRPs). The aim of this research project was to evaluate the factors associated with participation in a phase three CRP, the Prime Time programme (PTP). A secondary aim was to compare attendance and baseline …
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Cardiac Rehabilitation and Activities of Daily Living in Women After Myocardial Infarction
… levels in women post-MI and participation in a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program. A sample of 52 post-MI women responded to a mailed survey. The women were categorized according to age (45-64 years and 65-90 years) and whether they had participated in a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program …
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Factors Associated with Initiation of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Heart Failure Patients
… by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, is cardiac rehabilitation. The impetus for the policy change was the heart failure ACTION trial. The trial unfortunately did not include patients that lived too far from cardiac rehabilitation centers, thus putting rural heart failure patients at a …
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The development and evaluation of an mHealth-delivered comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme
… (CVD) secondary prevention programmes, such as cardiac rehabilitation (CR), have been shown to reduce mortality through education, psychosocial support, and lifestyle behaviour change. The benefits of CR are clear yet participation rates are less than 50% worldwide. The reach of CR may be …
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Social support comparisons between men and women in phase II cardiac rehabilitation
Social support plays a key role in the rehabilitation of acute and chronically ill people. Generally, if one receives some type of social support then he or she is more likely to improve their physical, emotional, and/or psychological well-being during the rehabilitative phase. The type and amount …
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Performance of a Process Evaluation System in Outpatient Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation
… evaluated patient records from two cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service centers located in large urban hospitals using a Process Evaluation System (PES) recently developed through a collaborative project of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation …
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Association between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a class Ia recommendation and endorsed performance measure for the quality of care in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) survivors. While participation in CR after AMI is associated with reduced mortality, conflicting data exists on its association with health status …
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Exploring the Role of Health Literacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Approach
… condition and they are commonly referred to cardiac rehabilitation to facilitate recovery. Despite being shown to have considerable physical and psychosocial health benefits, uptake, attendance, and adherence is low. Little is known about the role of health literacy in cardiac rehabilitation, …
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Efficacy of Cardiac Education on Dietary Habits of Subjects Participating in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if cardiac nutrition education can affect dietary patterns of subjects participating in Cardiac Rehabilitation. Surveys, a pretest given prior to the first cardiac class and a second identical test, administered following cardiac rehabilitation classes, …
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Maintenance and Prevention Exercise Program: Effects on Depression and Body Image
In Ontario, individuals who have experienced a cardiac event are prescribed to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. Most research examining the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation has focused on early phases (i.e., phase 1 and 2) and virtually none has looked at phase 3 maintenance programs, …
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