Cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction: What influences patients' intentions to attend?

Conclusion: Patient sociodemographic and clinical profile, although significant, are not major predictors of intention to attend CR. Lack of interest and misconceptions regarding CR are cited as key barriers. Some of these seem to have been addressed post discharge as a good proportion of patients who had not intended to attend CR did change their minds and attended. Motivation of patients to participate in CR, including the identification of barriers and the provision of comprehensive information about the purpose and varied formats of CR programmes, could be used to help further address barriers to attendance.
Source: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research