August 1, 1998Journal of Women s Health
Lifestyle Change in Women with Coronary Heart Disease: What Do We Know?
Population
Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Insufficient high-quality data limits lifestyle recommendations for women with CHD; leaves open the need for rigorous prospective trials.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Women with coronary heart disease (CHD)
I
Intervention
Lifestyle change interventions (including exercise, nutrition, smoking cessation, and social support)
There is a significant lack of high-quality evidence regarding how behavior and psychosocial factors affect lifestyle change in women with coronary heart disease, highlighting a critical gap for future research.
Limitations
- paucity of studies
- widely variable and inconsistent findings
- flawed methodologies
- inadequate reporting of results
Cite This Study
Toobert et al. (1998) studied this question.