Cardiac rehabilitation programs and health-related quality of life. State of the art.
Cardiovascular disease is the main health problem in developed countries. Prevention is presented as the most effective and efficient primary care intervention, whereas cardiac rehabilitation programs are considered the most effective of secondary prevention interventions; however, these are underused. This literature review examines the effectiveness and the levels of evidence of cardiac rehabilitation programs, their components, their development and role in developed countries, applications in different fields of research and treatment, including their psychological aspects, and their application in heart failure as a paradigm of disease care under this type of intervention. It is completed by a review of the impact of such programs on measures of health-related quality of life, describing the instruments involved in studies in recent scientific literature.
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Terapia Ocupacional, Rehabilitación y Medicina Física, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, España. roberto.cano@urjc.es
Roberto
R
Cano de la Cuerda
Isabel María
IM
Alguacil Diego
Joaquín Jesús
JJ
Alonso Martín
Alberto
A
Molero Sánchez
Juan Carlos
JC
Miangolarra Page
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D011788:Quality of Life; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome