Why the study?
Do cardiac rehabilitation programmes improve outcomes in coronary heart disease patients, and are nurses included in multidisciplinary CR teams?
Population
Patients with coronary heart disease/cardiovascular diseases
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports CR benefits across CHD outcomes; leaves open nurses' specific roles in multidisciplinary teams.
Do cardiac rehabilitation programmes improve outcomes in coronary heart disease patients, and are nurses included in multidisciplinary CR teams?
Cardiac rehabilitation programs significantly improve clinical and patient-reported outcomes in coronary heart disease, though the specific role of nurses in these multidisciplinary teams remains poorly defined in the literature.
Eshah et al. (2009) studied this question.
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