Values clarification and the cardiac patient.
This exploratory study tested the feasibility and potential of values-clarification methods in patient education with 20 chronic heart patients participating in the cardiac classes of a university medical center. Strengths and limitations of the methods were identified, with greater feasibility and responsiveness demonstrated in patients between 51 and 60 years of age, those who had accepted their cardiac problem, and in home visits rather than clinical settings.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012945:Social Values; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*