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Cardiac rehabilitation — the agenda set by post-myocardial-infarction patients
Author(s)	Neil Campbell, Jeremy Grimshaw, John Rawles, Lewis Ritchie
Journal title	Health Education Journal, vol 53, no 4, December 1994
Pages	pp 409-420
Keywords	Cardiovascular diseases ; Rehabilitation ; Patients ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Physical and psychosocial benefits have been demonstrated by cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction, but there is little evidence about which of the various regimes is best. This paper describes the attitudes of a group of patients towards cardiac rehabilitation, and identifies their preferences for these services. They had no previous experience of extended rehabilitation programmes; results indicate a strong demand. Exercise sessions were requested by 86%: most patients found that weather conditions prevented walking-based home exercises. Groups sessions and one-to-one counselling on personal medical issues were also popular. Demand for stress management was low, despite many patients attributing their infarction to stress. Travelling distance had the greatest influence on attendance: many patients were unable to attend centralised programmes.
Accession Number	CPA-970701002 A
Classmark	CQ: LM: LF: 3F
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