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- Title
Preliminary Effects of a Structured Educational Program in Cardiac Patients at Different Stages of Enrollment in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation.
- Authors
Zulianello dos Santos, Rafaella; Scheafer Korbes, Andrea; Batista Bonin, Christiani D.; Marques Vieira, Ariany; Karsten, Marlus; Benetti, Magnus; Oh, Paul; Ghisi, Gabriela L. d. M.
- Abstract
This quasi-experimental study investigated the preliminary effects of a structured education intervention in a pooled sample of cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) patients in Brazil. Recently enrolled (RE) and long-term enrolled (LTE) patients attended 12 weekly education sessions in addition to three weekly exercise sessions. Patients completed surveys assessing disease-related knowledge, physical activity, food intake, self-efficacy, and health literacy. Functional capacity was assessed by the 6-minutes walking test. All outcomes were assessed at pre-,post-CR, and 6-months follow-up. Bonferroni correction was applied. In total, 69 (69.7%) patients completed all three assessments. There were significant improvements in knowledge pre-to post-test in both subgroups (p < 0.001), and in functional capacity (p ≤ 0.001) and food intake (p ≤ 0.001) pre-to post-test in the RE subgroup. Post-test knowledge was correlated to physical activity, functional capacity and health literacy. This preliminary study suggests the importance of structured education for CR patients. A larger study using a randomized controlled design is needed to determine efficacy.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PATIENT education; HEALTH literacy; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; RESEARCH funding; EXERCISE; FOOD consumption; SELF-efficacy; DATA analysis; T-test (Statistics); EVALUATION of human services programs; REHABILITATION; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; FUNCTIONAL assessment; FUNCTIONAL status; CHI-squared test; MANN Whitney U Test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SURVEYS; PRE-tests &; post-tests; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; STATISTICS; DATA analysis software; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; PHYSICAL activity; MEDICAL referrals; PATIENT participation; NONPARAMETRIC statistics
- Publication
Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2024, Vol 44, Issue 4, p365
- ISSN
2752-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0272684X221080119