Key result
Non-attenders of cardiac rehabilitation post-myocardial infarction did not recognize the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, perceiving daily activities as sufficient and medication as more important.
Cross-Sectional (n=14)
Yes
Patients who do not attend cardiac rehabilitation post-MI often fail to recognize the cardiovascular benefits of exercise and perceive health professionals as downplaying its importance.
Patient perceptions may limit post-MI cardiac rehabilitation uptake; leaves open whether education interventions improve attendance.
Perceptions of exercise among nonattenders of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) were explored using semi-structured interviews. Analysis indicated that participants did not recognize the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, and perceived keeping active through daily activities as sufficient for health. Health professionals were perceived to downplay the importance of exercise and CR, and medication was viewed as being more important than exercise for promoting health. The content of CR programmes and the benefits of exercise need to be further explained to patients post-MI, and in a manner that communicates to patients that these programmes are valued by significant others, particularly health professionals.
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McCorry et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Myocardial infarction (n=14). Perceptions of exercise and cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on Themes regarding perceptions of exercise and cardiac rehabilitation. Non-attenders of cardiac rehabilitation post-myocardial infarction did not recognize the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, perceiving daily activities as sufficient and medication as more important.
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