Inequalities in access to cardiac rehabilitation after an acute coronary syndrome: the EPiHeart cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate cardiac rehabilitation (CR) referral and participation rates among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to identify their determinants, in two Portuguese regions.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Patients consecutively admitted to the cardiology department of two hospitals, one in the district of Porto and one in the north-east region (NER) of Portugal, were enrolled in the EPIHeart cohort and then followed up for 6 months.

Participants

Between August 2013 and December 2014, 939 patients were included in the cohort, and 853 were re-evaluated at 6-month follow-up.

Outcome measures

Referral rate was defined as the proportion of eligible patients who were referred to a CR programme, whereas participation rate was de

SUBMITTER: Viana M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781051 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature