Key result
Participants with a positive outlook following an acute cardiac event described their experiences through three themes: choosing life over death, learning to live a new self, and a life-transforming event.
Why the study?
What are the lived experiences of cardiac recovery in cardiac rehabilitation individuals with a predominantly positive outlook in the context of an acute cardiac event?
Population
10 individuals who had experienced an acute cardiac event, had a predominantly positive outlook, and were…
Design
Other
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May inform cardiac rehab support strategies; leaves open validation in prospective studies.
What are the lived experiences of cardiac recovery in cardiac rehabilitation individuals with a predominantly positive outlook in the context of an acute cardiac event?
Individuals with a positive outlook after an acute cardiac event embrace their cardiac recovery by choosing to live and learning to adapt to a new self.
Nadarajah et al. (2016) studied Acute cardiac event / Cardiac rehabilitation (n=10). Positive outlook on cardiac recovery was evaluated on Lived experiences of cardiac recovery. Participants with a positive outlook following an acute cardiac event described their experiences through three themes: choosing life over death, learning to live a new self, and a life-transforming event.
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