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Abstract
This is the final report of a three year evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund's (BIG) Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Programme, supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
CR is a multi disciplinary programme of care that helps heart patients learn how to manage the disease to reduce their chance of further problems and return to an active life. It has a 40 year history and metanalyses of more than 40 randomised trials have shown that it can reduce relative all cause mortality by 20%. In these trials people who attended also became more active, had lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, a better BMI and were less likely to smoke than those who didn't. In some trials CR also reduced anxiety and depression and improved quality of life.
CR is a multi disciplinary programme of care that helps heart patients learn how to manage the disease to reduce their chance of further problems and return to an active life. It has a 40 year history and metanalyses of more than 40 randomised trials have shown that it can reduce relative all cause mortality by 20%. In these trials people who attended also became more active, had lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, a better BMI and were less likely to smoke than those who didn't. In some trials CR also reduced anxiety and depression and improved quality of life.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Big Lottery Fund |
| Number of pages | 134 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- health services issues
- ill/disabled adults
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Evaluation of the Cardiac Evaluation Programme
Lewin, B. (Principal investigator)
1/07/05 → 31/12/08
Project: Research project (funded) › Research