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Geographic issues in cardiac rehabilitation utilization: a narrative review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Telehealth-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness, Access, and Patient-Centred Outcome.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Health Interventions for Heart Failure Management in Underserved Rural Areas of the United States: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to virtual education in cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review of qualitative studies.European journal of cardiovascular nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Using the Family-Centered Empowerment Model is Effective in Improving Long-term Mortality in Patients with Myocardial Infarction: A 10-year Follow-Up Randomized Clinical Trial.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient strategies in increasing referral and utilization of cardiac rehabilitation: a prospective, multi-site study.Implementation science : IS · 2012Trial
- Determinants of Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients: The Role of Sex.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Integrating digital health and remote monitoring: emerging trends in cardiac rehabilitation research for chronic heart failure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Disparities in Geographic Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation in Los Angeles County.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Effect Modification by Household Income.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- A Structured Review of Commercially Available Cardiac Rehabilitation mHealth Applications Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale.Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 2022Article
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- Cardiac Rehabilitation: Under-Utilized Globally.Current cardiology reports · 2021Review
- The use of geographical analysis in assessing the impact of patients' home addresses on their participation in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: a prospective cohort study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Regional Variability in the Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation in Poland.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Current challenges in cardiac rehabilitation: strategies to overcome social factors and attendance barriers.Expert review of cardiovascular therapy · 2020Review
- Factors associated with non-attendance at exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Household income determines access to specialized pediatric chronic pain treatment in Germany.BMC health services research · 2016Article
- Global availability of cardiac rehabilitation.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2014Review
- A Review and Framework for Categorizing Current Research and Development in Health Related Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Studies.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2014Review
- The impact of geographical distances to coronary angiography laboratories on the patient evaluation pathways in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Results from a population-based study in Hungary.Postepy w kardiologii interwencyjnej = Advances in interventional cardiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to review the current evidence regarding the relationship between geographic indicators and cardiac rehabilitation (CR) utilization among coronary heart disease (CHD) patients.
resultsSeventeen articles were identified for inclusion, where nine studies assessed rurality, 10 studies assessed travel time/distance, and two of these studies assessed both. Nine of the 17 studies (52.9%) showed a significant negative relationship between geographic barrier and CR use. Four of the 17 studies (23.5%) showed a null relationship, while four studies (23.5%) showed mixed findings. Inconsistent findings identified appeared to be related to restricted geographic range, regional density, and socioeconomic status.
conclusionsOverall, 52.9% of the identified studies reported a significant negative relationship between geographic indicators and CR utilization. This relationship appeared to be particularly consistent in North American and Australian settings, but somewhat less so in the United Kingdom where there is greater population density and availability of public transport.
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