Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized
as the most cost-effective intervention to ensure favourable outcomes across a wide …

Past decades have witnessed a major epidemiologic transition with a considerable increase
in the disease burden associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), with …

Background Patients with chronic diseases create their own subjective beliefs about their
conditions based on their illness perceptions. In the common-sense model, illness …

Aims The study aimed to synthesize evidence of daily physical activity (PA) following
Behavior-change technique (BCT)-based interventions compared to any control in …

Background Patients with intermittent claudication need lifelong treatment with secondary
prevention to prevent cardiovascular events and progression of atherosclerotic disease …

Aims and objectives To explore patient experience of chronic wound care across diverse
models of outpatient wound care delivery. Background Chronic wounds represent a …

Objective The aims of this study were firstly to assess the correlation between disease
specific measures of quality of life (QOL) and physical performance and activity, and …

Background: Little is known about the extent to which routine care management of
peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication (IC) align with best practice …

Background Intermittent claudication requires treatment with secondary prevention to reduce
disease progression and the risk of cardiovascular events and to improve quality of life …

Objective An individual's understanding of disease risk factors and outcomes is important for
the ability to make healthy lifestyle choices and decisions about disease treatment …