Predictors of adherence to home-based cardiac rehabilitation program among coronary artery disease outpatients in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has proven beneficial for patients with coronary artery disease. However, adherence to CR programs is the key to the health improvement in those patients. Identifying predictors for adherence, which is very much unknown in China, would be valuable for effective rehabilitation. This study aims to determine the adherence to home-based CR programs in Chinese coronary artery disease patients and determine predictors of adherence.

Methods

The current study included 1033 outpatients with coronary heart disease in the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing from July 2015 to June 2017. Participants were given an exercise prescription and took part in home-based exercise training lasting for 3-24 months. A questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Ge C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6828607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature