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Revista Colombiana de Cardiología
Print version ISSN 0120-5633
Abstract
SANCHEZ-DELGADO, Juan Carlos et al. Barriers for the participation in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in patients undergoing percutaneous revascularisation due to a coronary disease. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.2, pp.141-147. ISSN 0120-5633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2015.08.009.
Introduction: Cardiac rehabilitation programmes encourage lifestyle changes and reduce the recurrence of morbidity and mortality by 25 %. Nevertheless, attendance rate to such programmes varies between 7.5 and 29%, and around 40 to 50 % of users abandon the treatment during the early stages. Motivation: To describe the barriers found in those who participated or not in cardiac rehabilitation programmes after percutaneous revascularisation. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 30 patients, who were applied the barrier scale for cardiac rehabilitation, using Likert-type questions, where the highest scores indicated a bigger perception of the barrier to participate in a cardiad rehabilitation programme. Results: The major barriers per item were: «I find this exercise is tiring and/or painful» with an average of 2.86, followed by «I currently exercise» and «I did not know about cardiac rehabilitation» with an average of 2.73. The lowest score was: «Many people have heart problems and do not go», with 1.73. More barriers were shown in those who did not attend a cardiac rehabilitation programme (p < 0.05) than whose who did; in addition, most barriers were found in the fields of perceived needs and comorbidities/functional state (p < 0.05). This indicates a lack of orientation and education when it comes to the benefits that users could obtain by joining and participating in a cardiac rehabilitation programme, no matter how they feels or the type of functional limitations they may have.
Keywords : Coronary disease; Rehabilitation; Angioplasty; Prevention.