Why the study?
Does cardiac rehabilitation participation improve functional health outcomes, clinical risk factors, and lifestyle behaviors in rural cardiac patients?
Population
222 cardiac patients hospitalized over a 1-year period at a regional medical center in a Midwestern, rural…
Comparison
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation vs Non-participation in cardiac rehabilitation
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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May support CR referral in rural patients; extends prior data but leaves causality open pending prospective trials.
Does cardiac rehabilitation participation improve functional health outcomes, clinical risk factors, and lifestyle behaviors in rural cardiac patients?
Cardiac rehabilitation participation in rural patients is associated with improved physical and psychosocial functioning and successful risk factor modification.
Yates et al. (2003) studied this question.
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