Introduction of a novel service model to improve uptake and adherence with cardiac rehabilitation within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Autor: Fiona McCartan, Nicola Bowers, Jack Turner, Mirren Mandalia, Nayan Kalnad, Anna Bishop-Bailey, Jiayu Fu, Piers Clifford
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2261
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-017-0606-2
Popis: Abstract Background Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) carried out a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service redesign aimed at optimising patient recruitment and retention and decreasing readmissions. Methods A single centre observational study and local service evaluation were carried out to describe the impact of the novel technology-enabled CR model. Data were collected for adult patients referred for CR at BHT, retrospectively for patients referred during the 12-month pre-implementation period (Cohort 1) and prospectively for patients referred during the 12-month post-implementation period (Cohort 2). The observational study included 350 patients in each cohort, seasonally matched; the service evaluation included all eligible patients. No data imputation was performed. Results In the observational study, a higher proportion of referred patients entered CR in Cohort 2 (84.3%) than Cohort 1 (76.0%, P = 0.006). Fewer patients in Cohort 2 had ≥1 cardiac-related emergency readmission within 6 months of discharge (4.3%) than Cohort 1 (8.9%, P = 0.015); readmissions within 30 days and 12 months were not significantly different. Median time to CR entry from discharge was significantly shorter in Cohort 2 (35.0 days) than Cohort 1 (46.0 days, P
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