June 1, 2008Contemporary Nurse

Unstructured cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in rural South Australia: Does it meet best practice guidelines?

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Population

55 patients presenting to hospital with myocardial infarction in rural South Australia.

Design

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Authors

TWTracey WachtelFlinders University AKAngela M. KuciaBasil Hetzel Institute JGJennene GreenhillSouthern Cross University

Discussion

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Implication

Inadequate risk factor assessment in rural unstructured post-MI CR highlights care gaps; hypothesis-generating for structured program evaluation.

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Population

55 patients presenting to hospital with myocardial infarction in rural South Australia (34 with general practice clinic follow-up records).

Intervention

Unstructured cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention services

Outcome

Documented evidence of assessment of and intervention for lifestyle and behavioural risk factors in-hospital and at follow up in general practice (GP) clinics

Rural patients with myocardial infarction receiving unstructured cardiac rehabilitation often do not receive adequate lifestyle and behavioral interventions in line with current guidelines.

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Wachtel et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b6fed9da5cf2cea2321a https://doi.org/10.5172/conu.673.29.2.195

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Implication

Inadequate risk factor assessment in rural unstructured post-MI CR highlights care gaps; hypothesis-generating for structured program evaluation.

Unstructured cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in rural South Australia: Does it meet best practice guidelines?

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Unstructured cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in rural South Australia: Does it meet best practice guidelines?

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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