Why the study?
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve quality of life and self-efficacy across different genders and cardiac diagnoses?
Population
472 patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation, with diagnoses including surgical revascularization…
Design
Cohort
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Supports cardiac rehabilitation association with improved self-efficacy and quality of life across genders; leaves open causality and generalizability.
Does cardiac rehabilitation improve quality of life and self-efficacy across different genders and cardiac diagnoses?
Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improves quality of life and self-efficacy across genders and diagnoses, with women and surgical revascularization patients showing substantial improvements despite lower baseline scores.
Gardner et al. (2003) studied this question.
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