Ethnic Minorities' Experiences of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can improve cardiovascular risk factors, decrease cardiac mortality, and promote healthy lifestyle behaviours. However, services remain underutilized by groups of ethnic minorities. The purpose of the study was to identify patients' personal CR experiences to identify the differences CR makes towards minorities' lifestyle. An initial electronic search was performed in 2021 for papers ranging from 2008-2020 across specific databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, APA PsycINFO, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), and Medline. Google Scholar was also used to supplement the search process and to identify studies performed within grey literature. A total of 1230 records were screened, of whic

SUBMITTER: Carew Tofani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10000677 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature