Why the study?
Does a tailored nurse-directed cardiac rehabilitation program improve psychosocial outcomes in women following an acute cardiac event?
Population
60 women following an acute cardiac event (6 in Phase I convenience sample, 54 in Phase II)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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Null findings in small cohort should not change practice; leaves open efficacy of tailored programs in larger trials.
Does a tailored nurse-directed cardiac rehabilitation program improve psychosocial outcomes in women following an acute cardiac event?
A tailored nurse-directed cardiac rehabilitation program for women is feasible and acceptable, though it did not yield statistically significant quantitative improvements in psychosocial outcomes in this small cohort.
Davidson et al. (2008) studied this question.
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