ArticleBrazilian journal of physical therapy
A qualitative study of patient's perceptions of two cardiac rehabilitation models.
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- Patient Needs Regarding Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Pooled it
- Perceptions of Patients and Health Professionals Regarding the Experience of Patients With a Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Program.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation needs and adherence among TAVR patients and their caregivers during digital home-based cardiac rehabilitation: a qualitative longitudinal study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Integrating the quantitative with the qualitative: findings from a mixed methods cardiac rehabilitation exercise trial.Heart rhythm O2 · 2024Article
- Challenges to Cardiac Rehabilitation Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Qualitative Study in Pune.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnderstanding patients' perceptions about rehabilitation can guide healthcare administrators on modifications of program elements, which can ultimately improve cardiac rehabilitation (CR) use, adherence of heart-health behaviors, and improvements in clinical outcomes.
objectiveTo examine the perception of patients about their participation in CR.
methodsQualitative study using semi-structured interviews, performed in a public CR center in Brazil. Twenty-eight patients were interviewed 2-years following participation in two CR models: exercise-based and comprehensive CR.
resultsThemes identified included: knowledge acquisition, improvement in functionality, and psychosocial well-being. It appeared that the perceived benefits of CR participation were overall positive and similar between the two models; however, those in the comprehensive CR identified additional subthemes: self-care need and knowledge transfer.
conclusionsThis study suggested that patients from two different CR models perceived in the long term that the CR participation positively impacted their disease-related knowledge, promoted functional gains, and improved psychosocial well-being. Structured educational interventions seemed to be associated with improved participants' perception about CR, which could contribute to long-term maintenance of heart-health behavior and better outcomes.
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