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May 7, 2008Australian Journal of Rural Health

Exploring the barriers and enablers to attendance at rural cardiac rehabilitation programs

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Population

97 participants including patients and their carers referred to and eligible for local cardiac…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CACarla De AngelisWomen's and Children's HospitalASAdrian SchooFlinders University

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Implication

Travel distance may limit rural CR uptake; hypothesis-generating for alternatives, requiring prospective trials before practice change.

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Population
97 participants including patients and their carers referred to and eligible for local cardiac rehabilitation programs, and health professionals working within local CR programs at six regional hospitals in south-west Victoria.
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Intervention
Assessment of barriers and enablers to attendance at hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation programs via questionnaire and focus groups.
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Outcome
Patient and health professional perceived factors which contribute to enabling hospital-based CR attendance, perceived barriers to CR attendance, and receptiveness and preferences for alternative modes of CR delivery.patient reported

Distance to travel is the primary barrier to rural cardiac rehabilitation attendance, highlighting the need for alternative delivery modes such as home-based or telehealth programs to improve access.

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Angelis et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8144ed462be2b31d22c844https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00963.x
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