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February 28, 2007Clinical Rehabilitation

Predictors of drop-out from an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme

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Why the study?

What are the predictors of early drop-out from a six-week outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme?

Population

189 patients recruited from a consecutive series of outpatient referrals prior to a six-week comprehensive…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 weeks

Authors

AYAbebaw Mengistu YohannesPreventive CardiologyAYAli YalfaniBu-Ali Sina UniversityPDPatrick DohertyPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Early cardiac rehabilitation drop-out links to female sex, younger age, and distress; hypothesis-generating for targeted retention strategies in prospective trials.

Structured PICO

What are the predictors of early drop-out from a six-week outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme?

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Population
189 patients recruited from a consecutive series of outpatient referrals prior to a six-week comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programme at a university teaching hospital.
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Intervention
Six-week outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme
O
Outcome
Early drop-out (within the first two weeks)

Over 20% of patients drop out of cardiac rehabilitation early, with female gender, younger age, and psychological distress being significant predictors.

Cite This Study

Yohannes et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71056de71d69abee08fed2https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215506070771
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