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A comparison of barriers to use of home versus site-based cardiac rehabilitation
(Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 2013-09)Purpose: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), it remains significantly underutilized. It is unknown whether patient barriers to enrollment and adherence are addressed by offering choice of program ... -
A Narrative Review on Women and Cardiac Rehabilitation: Program adherence and preferences for alternative models of care.
(2010-11)Despite the preponderance of evidence on the numerous benefits of CR, it remains largely under-utilized in women. The objective of this narrative review was to summarize and synthesize the literature on women and CR with ... -
A review of aboriginal women’s physical and mental health status in Ontario
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A simultaneous test of the relationship between identified psychosocial risk factors and recurrent events in coronary artery disease patients
(2011-07)Psychosocial factors are increasingly recognized as risk indicators for coronary artery disease (CAD) prognosis, and they are likely interrelated. The objective of this study is to simultaneously test the relationship ... -
Access to cardiac rehabilitation among South Asian patients by referral method: A qualitative study
(2010-05)OBJECTIVES: South Asians (SA) suffer an increased prevalence of coronary artery disease. Although cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is effective, SA are among the least likely to participate. ‘Automatic’ referral increases CR ... -
Ambulatory Surveillance of Patients Referred for Cardiac Rehabilitation Following Cardiac Hospitalization: A Feasibility Study
(2012-07)Purpose: To examine the feasibility of implementing an ambulatory surveillance system for the monitoring of patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation following cardiac hospitalizations. Methods: This study consists of ... -
Amino acid-induced impairment of insulin sensitivity in healthy and obese rats is reversible
(Physiological Reports, 2014-07-04)High-protein diets (HPDs) promote weight loss but other studies implicate these diets and their constituent amino acids (AAs) in insulin resistance. We hypothesized that AA-induced insulin resistance is a temporal and ... -
Antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression: a synthesis of recent literature
(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2004-07)Postpartum nonpsychotic depression is the most common complication of childbearing, affecting approximately 10-15% of women and, as such, represents a considerable health problem affecting women and their families. This ... -
Automatic Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004-07)Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) remains underused and inconsistently accessed, particularly for women and minorities. This study examined the factors associated with CR enrollment within the context of an automatic ... -
Barriers to cardiac rehabilitation use in Canada versus Brazil.
(journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/pages/default.aspx, 2013-05)PURPOSE: Despite its well-established benefits, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is greatly underutilized globally. Barriers to its utilization have been identified in high-income countries. Given the growing epidemic of ... -
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 to ... -
Cardiac rehabilitation I: review of psychosocial factors
(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2002-05)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause ofdeath and disability for women and men. There are gender differences in recovery from coronary events, which may be due physiological, sociodemographic, or psychosocial ... -
Cardiac rehabilitation II: referral and participation
(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2002-05)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability for women and men. Substantial health risks continue following ischemic coronary events (ICEs), but secondary prevention efforts, including cardiac ... -
Cardiac rehabilitation referral strategies: effects on referral and enrollment
(2010-02)Despite recommendations in clinical practice guidelines, evidence suggests cardiac rehabilitation (CR) utilization following indicated cardiac events is 15-20%. Referral strategies such as automatic referral have been ... -
Cardiac Rehabilitation Series: Canada
(2014-06-11)Cardiovascular disease is among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in Canada. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has a long robust history here, and there are established clinical practice guidelines. While the ... -
Cardiac Rehabilitation Wait Times: Effect on Enrollment
(2011-11)Purpose Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a proven effective means for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Timely access to CR services is key to promoting patient participation and ensuring optimal patient ... -
Cardiologists' charting varied by risk factor, and was often discordant with patient report
(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2008-10)Objective: To assess the completeness of cardiac risk factor documentation by cardiologists, and agreement with patient report. Study Design and Setting: A total of 68 Ontario cardiologists and 789 of their ambulatory ... -
Complicating Gender, Sport, and Social Inclusion: The Case for Intersectionality
(Cogitatio Press, 2017)The following opinion piece concerns a reading of the work of Angela Davis and its application to the research on sport and social inclusion. It has the following aims: first, we use her work to argue that racism, as ... -
Continuity of cardiac care: Cardiac rehabilitation participation and other correlates
(Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 2007-07)Background: Continuity of care refers to the ongoing management of a patient's care over time and across practitioners, and the patient's experience of this care as coherent and consistent with their medical needs and ...