Opting out of cardiac rehabilitation in local community healthcare services: Patients' perspectives and reflections.

Autor: Ravn MB; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.; DEFACTUM Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark., Berthelsen C; Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde and Køge, Denmark.; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark., Maribo T; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.; DEFACTUM Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark., Nielsen CV; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.; DEFACTUM Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark.; Social Medicine and Rehabilitation, Region Hospital Goedstrup, Denmark., Pedersen CG; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.; Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark., Handberg C; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.; National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice [J Eval Clin Pract] 2024 Sep; Vol. 30 (6), pp. 1039-1048. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 27.
DOI: 10.1111/jep.14015
Abstrakt: Rationale: Despite cardiac rehabilitation and medical treatment being integrated parts of the pathway of patients with cardiovascular disease, as well as the well-establish positive effect, cardiac rehabilitation remains underutilised. In recent years, cardiac rehabilitation has increasingly been moved from the hospitals to the community healthcare services. This transition may be challenging for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Aim: To investigate reflections and perspectives of patients opting out of cardiac rehabilitation in community healthcare services to improve participation and adherence to cardiac rehabilitation in the future.
Results: A total of eight patients opting out of cardiac rehabilitation participated in individual interviews. Opting out of cardiac rehabilitation is defined as never enroled or did not complete cardiac rehabilitation. The Interpretive Description methodology was used in the analysis where two themes and six subthemes were identified: (1) 'Structural and organisational factors' with three subthemes; Being a patient in the healthcare system, Enroling into CR when it is meaningful, and Getting back to work is vital, and (2) 'Patients' internal factors' with three subthemes; Feeling a desire to regain control, Seeing yourself as recovered, and Being aware of own needs. The analysis indicates that patients' decision to opt out of CR was multidimensional and based on a combination of factors.
Conclusion: Ensuring that the healthcare professionals in the community have sufficient information regarding the patient and a clear communication plan between the healthcare professionals and the patient may reduce the transition causing confusion and frustrations for patients. Incorporating a vocational element in CR and ensuring that employers understand the importance of CR may hamper returning to work as a challenge to CR. Ensuring timely CR referral and enrolment and a transition coordinator may reduce the challenge of patients not viewing CR as meaningful. However, further studies are needed to fully understand how CR could become meaningful for patients opting out of CR.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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