Background: Greater participation in cardiac rehabilitation improves morbidity and mortality
in people with coronary heart disease, but little is understood of patients' decisions to …

BACKGROUND: Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention programs can prevent
heart disease in high-risk populations. However, up to half of all patients referred to these …

Background Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide. Cardiac
rehabilitation (CR) is a comprehensive secondary prevention approach, with established …

Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has positive effects on many cardiac risk factors
(physical activity, smoking status, cholesterol, anxiety and depression) and can lead to …

Objective: Continued smoking after a cardiac event greatly increases mortality risk. Smoking
cessation and participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are effective in reducing morbidity …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes have increased their availability and
expanded their eligibility criteria. This study sought to identify current predictors and reasons …

Aims and objectives To explore what reasons do nonattenders and noncompleters give for
their patterns of participation or nonparticipation in cardiac rehabilitation programmes and …

Background Reasons for low attendance at maintenance cardiac rehabilitation (CR)
programs remain largely unknown. Using the Health Belief Model as a theoretical …

Background Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a leading risk factor for premature death
worldwide. Ireland's public healthcare system, the Health Service Executive (HSE), has …

OBJECTIVE: Conventional scales may help with the identification of depression but are
generally too lengthy for clinical practice and perform poorly against anxiety and distress …