ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2023
Impact of COVID-19's on Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Programs in Brazil: An Online Survey-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Feasibility of a Virtual Educational Programme for Behaviour Change in Cardiac Patients from a Low-Resource Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation (ECBR): New Frontiers in the Post-Novel Coronavirus.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) programs in Brazil.
objectivesTo describe the characteristics of CR programs in Brazil, the impacts of the first epidemiological wave of COVID-19 (first 60 days) on the programs and present the initiatives used to overcome the impacts.
methodThis cross-sectional and retrospective study utilized a specific online survey. Participants were coordinators of CR programs. Variables were presented by Brazilian geographic region and as the following categories: demographic, clinical and operational characteristics. The significance level for statistical analysis was set at 5%.
resultsFifty-nine CR programs were responsible for 5,349 patients, of which only 1,817 were post-acute cardiovascular events, which corresponded to 1.99% of hospitalized patients in the month prior to the survey (n=91,231). The greatest impact was the suspension of on-site activities, which occurred similarly in areas with the highest and the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the period. Forty-five programs (75%) were shortly interrupted, while three (5%) were ended. All 42 programs that already used remote rehabilitation strategies noticed a substantial increase in activities, based primarily on the use of media and video calling. Only three (5%) considered safe to see patients during the first 60 days.
conclusionsThere was a reduction in the number of CR programs with the COVID-19 pandemic. Telerehabilitation activities increased during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this was not enough to overcome the reduction in CR program activities across Brazil.
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