Factors influencing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance

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Factors influencing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance

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Research Bank

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BACKGROUND Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based, secondary prevention treatment programme that assists and guides patients in developing healthier lifestyles after a cardiac event. CR has been shown to prevent future coronary events and is an effective way of reducing disability and prolonging survival in patients with coronary heart disease. Less than half of eligible people with heart disease attend CR programmes. This may be due to non-referral of eligible patients or non-atten...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2012

Creator

Hutchinson, Pip

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6534

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Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) / New Zealand / patients / Māori patients / coronary heart disease / cardiac rehabilitation / attendance / patient information / heart health / perceptions / surveys / Health sciences / Nursing / Sub-acute care / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Cardiovascular medicine and haematology / Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) / Indigenous studies / Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing) / Hauora / Mate / Mate rerekē / Tahumaero / Mate manawa

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