Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation is linked to improved clinical parameters despite variable program quality across India.
Why the study?
Cardiac rehabilitation programs in India show clinical improvements but have disparities in patient evaluation, risk assessment, data collection, and documentation.
Observational
Yes
While cardiac rehabilitation programs in India improve clinical parameters, there is a need to standardize patient evaluation and documentation to meet international guidelines.
May support targeted quality improvements in Indian CR programs; leaves open the effects of standardization on outcomes in prospective trials.
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs in India are comprehensive in nature, consist of multidisciplinary teams and demonstrate significant improvement in various clinical parameters. However, there is a disparity in patient evaluation, risk assessment, data collection and documentation. CR programs in India need to be streamlined to meet the quality indicators outlined by the international guideline recommendations.
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Chockalingam et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation programs was evaluated on Clinical parameters and quality indicators. Cardiac rehabilitation programs in India demonstrated significant improvement in clinical parameters, despite disparities in patient evaluation, risk assessment, data collection, and documentation.
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