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June 7, 2016Heart AsiaOpen Access

Availability and characteristics of cardiac rehabilitation programmes in China

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Population

124 large medical centres in China (out of 454 surveyed)

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ZZZixin ZhangUniversity of Southern CaliforniaQPQuinn R. PackPreventive CardiologyRSRay W. SquiresGeneral / Preventive / Lipids

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Implication

CR availability remains limited across Chinese hospitals; leaves open optimal strategies to expand implementation.

Key Points

  • To assess the prevalence and characteristics of cardiac rehabilitation programmes in large hospitals in China.
  • Cross-sectional survey of 454 large medical centres in China.
  • Survey focused on prevalence, barriers, and characteristics of cardiac rehabilitation programmes.
  • Responses were collected from 124 centres.
  • Only 30 out of 124 responding centres (24%) reported having an operating cardiac rehabilitation programme.
  • Availability estimated at about 2 programmes per 100 million inhabitants.
  • Centres with cardiac rehabilitation are more likely to be university or government hospitals with more inpatient cardiovascular beds.

Structured PICO

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Population
124 large medical centres in China (out of 454 surveyed)
O
Outcome
Prevalence of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes, perceived barriers to CR, and characteristics of centres with and without CR programmes

The availability of cardiac rehabilitation programs in large Chinese medical centers is very low, highlighting a significant gap in secondary cardiovascular prevention.

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Zhang et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72d10922b3175134db7df6https://doi.org/10.1136/heartasia-2016-010758
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