Patient perspectives on barriers to participating in cardiac rehabilitation
| dc.contributor.author | Mettananda, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ismail, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mettananda, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-18T05:06:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-18T05:06:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | Not indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT: Despite proven benefits, attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is poor worldwide. We aimed to describe patient perspectives on barriers to attend CR in Sri Lanka. A cross-sectional study was conducted at cardiothoracic outpatient clinics of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka from May to July 2019. Post-cardiac surgery patients who were referred to CR but not attending them were recruited. 80 patients (male-51.3%, mean age 59.5±11.7 years) who were not attending CR were studied. 60% had to travel more than 50 km to attend CR. Main reasons for non-attendance were transportation difficulties (36%), non-availability of nearby CR centres (36%), unaware of being referred to CR due to communication lapses (35%) and lack of awareness of the importance of CR (31%). Therefore, providing clear information on cardiac rehabilitation, incorporating patient education programmes in cardiac surgery protocols and establishing new cardiac rehabilitation centres are recommended. KEYWORDS: Cardiac rehabilitation, Patient perspectives, Barriers, Sri Lanka | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians.2020; 51(2): 91–95. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2448-9514 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/22005 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Ceylon College of Physicians | en_US |
| dc.subject | cardiac rehabilitation | en_US |
| dc.title | Patient perspectives on barriers to participating in cardiac rehabilitation | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |