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There Are Gender Differences in the Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation
(2009)
Gender is an important factor that impacts health equity and access to healthcare programs and services. Healthcare professionals need to recognize that men and women behave differently within the environmental healthcare ...
Age Differences in Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation
(2009)
Older patients with heart disease experience more CR barriers, and the nature of their barriers differs from those of younger patients. Health care professionals should identify and address these barriers in order to ...
Patient preferences for home-based versus hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005-01)
Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation: Does Age Make a Difference?
(2009-11-26)
PURPOSE: To quantitatively investigate age differences in barriers to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) enrollment and participation.
METHODS: Cardiac outpatients (N = 1,273, mean age = 65.9 ± 11.2) completed a mailed survey ...
Effects of cardiac rehabilitation referral strategies on referral and enrollment rates
(Nature Publishing Group, 2010-02)
Despite recommendations in clinical practice guidelines, evidence suggests that utilization of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) following indicated cardiac events is low. Referral strategies, such as automatic
referral, have ...
The prevalence and correlates of mind-body therapy practices in acute coronary syndrome patients
(Elsevier, 2008-10)
Objectives: While the benefits of mind-body therapy (MBT) for cardiac secondary prevention
continues to be investigated, the prevalence of such practices by cardiac patients is not well
known. The aim of this study was ...
Sex differences in predictors of illness intrusiveness 1 year after a cardiac event
(Elsevier, 2004-01)
Objective: This prospective study examined sex differences in
illness intrusiveness and in baseline predictors of illness intrusiveness
in cardiac patients' I-year postcardiac event. Methods:
Patients diagnosed with a ...
Gender and Sex Differences in Prevalence of Major Depression in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Meta-Analysis
(2012-12)
Background: Depression is related to increased morbidity and mortality in the general population and among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The prevalence of major depression is two-times higher in women than ...
The Role of Clinical and Geographic Factors in the Use of Hospital versus Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation
(2012-09)
Objective: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is most often provided in a hospital setting. Home-based models of care have been developed to overcome geographic, among other, barriers in patients at lower-risk. This study assessed ...