Abstract

BackgroundCardiac rehabilitation is offered to individuals after cardiac events to aid recovery and reduce the likelihood of further cardiac illness. However, patient participation remains suboptimal and the provision of high...

Highlights

  • To determine the effect of telephone support interventions compared with standard post-discharge care on coronary artery disease patient outcomes

  • For continuous variables, standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for each outcome

  • No significant differences were observed for medication adherence (OR 0.78 (0.78, 1.28)); and the mental composite score for quality of life (SMD −0.00 (−0.19, 0.18))

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Summary

Introduction

Cardiac rehabilitation is offered to individuals after cardiac events to aid recovery and reduce the likelihood of further cardiac illness. Abstracts expanding population of patients with chronic heart conditions is becoming increasingly difficult. The feasibility and effectiveness of using telehealth interventions to deliver care have recently been considered. Objectives To determine the effect of telephone support interventions compared with standard post-discharge care on coronary artery disease patient outcomes.

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