Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: Patient perceived benefits and reasons for non-attendance

To determine patients’ perceptions of the benefits of participating in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and the reasons why some decline to take part. Data collected included patients’ responses to the self-administrated ‘Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Evaluation’ form, after attending a...

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Published in:Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia) Australia), 2018-10, Vol.25 (5), p.479-485
Main Authors: Gardiner, Fergus William, Nwose, Ezekiel Uba, Regan, Elizabeth, Park, Bo Kyung, Bwititi, Phillip Taderera, Crockett, Judith, Wang, Lexin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute coronary syndrome
Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes mellitus
Outpatients
Rehabilitation
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Summary:To determine patients’ perceptions of the benefits of participating in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and the reasons why some decline to take part. Data collected included patients’ responses to the self-administrated ‘Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Evaluation’ form, after attending a cardiac rehabilitation program. The evaluation involved analysis of 9 binary and open ended questions. A retrospective study was completed on data collected from January 2010 to December 2015 (6 years) and included 643 adult cases comprising 500 men and 143 women. A between subject t-Test was used to compare patient means before and after attendance of perceived changes to their lifestyle, and overall sense of physical and emotional well-being. Fishers Exact Test was used to compare attendance percentages, gender distribution, and primary diagnosis. Two hundred and seventy nine (43.4%) of the 643 invited patients participated in the cardiac rehabilitation program, while 364 (56.6%) declined, with this result being significantly lower (p
ISSN:1322-7696
DOI:10.1016/j.colegn.2018.01.001