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February 11, 2017BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Community health service center-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease: a prospective study

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Why the study?

Does community health service center-based cardiac rehabilitation improve quality of life, psychological state, and exercise capacity in patients with coronary heart disease?

Population

Patients with coronary heart disease recruited from two community health service centers in Shijiazhuang…

Comparison

Community health service center-based Cardiac… vs Usual care (UC) at a non-intervention site

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

6 months post-intervention

Authors

LZLixuan ZhangLZLi ZhangJWJing Wang

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Overview

Community-based CR was associated with better outcomes in CHD; extends observational data but leaves open need for RCTs before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does community health service center-based cardiac rehabilitation improve quality of life, psychological state, and exercise capacity in patients with coronary heart disease?

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Population
Patients with coronary heart disease recruited from two community health service centers in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
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Intervention
Community health service center (CHSC)-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR)
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Comparator
Usual care (UC) at a non-intervention site
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Outcome
Changes in health-related quality of life (SF-12), psychological state (HADS), and exercise capacity (6-min walk test) at 6 months post-interventionpatient reported

Community-based cardiac rehabilitation is an acceptable and effective strategy for improving physical and mental health outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease.

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Zhang et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a819fa452af26425e4d50d4https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2036-3
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