Quality indicators for cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction in China: a consensus panel and practice test.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI), but it is underused in China. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of quality indicators (QIs) to improve clinical practices and to confirm the measurability and performance of the developed QIs for CR in Chinese patients after MI.

Design and setting

The QIs were developed by a Chinese expert consensus panel during in-person meetings. The five QIs most in need of improvement were selected using a national questionnaire. Finally, the completion rate and feasibility of the QIs were verified in a group of MI survivors at university hospitals in China.

Participants

Seventeen professionals participated in the consensus panel, 89 personnel in the field of CR participated in

SUBMITTER: Zheng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780554 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature