Comorbidities and Psychosocial Characteristics as Determinants of Dropout in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation

Background: Despite the clear benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a considerable number of patients drop out early. Objective: Therefore, we wanted to evaluate dropout in CR with a special focus on comorbidities and psychosocial background. Methods: Patients who attended CR after acute coronary syndrome, cardiac surgery, or heart failure (N = 489) were prospectively included. Dropout was defined as attending 50% of the training sessions or less (n = 96 [20%]). Demographic and clinical characteristics, exercise parameters, and psychosocial factors were analyzed according to dropout, and those with a trend toward a significant difference (P
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES: Cardiac Rehabilitation Source Type: research