Update on the Progress and Development of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Asia
Journal of Cardiac Failure
; 28:12, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2031176
ABSTRACT
Although cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a cost-effective and evidence-based therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, after percutaneous coronary intervention and bypass surgery, the major challenge remains to be suboptimal referral, uptake and compliance[1]. The remarkably lower density of CR programs relative to population is an additional unfavourable characteristic in Asia and other low and middle-income countries[2]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, inequality in access to CR service among different countries has been further aggravated[1]. Different barriers have been identified to explain the underuse of CR in different countries in Asia. In China, there is a lack of staff with interest, inadequate experience and training, financial limitation, space limitation and lack of patient awareness[3]. In India, patient disinterests and socioeconomic factors have been identified to be the barriers to referral for CR[4].With advancement in wearable, smartphone and communication technology, novel models of delivery of CR service have been implemented and studied[1]. In Hong Kong, community-based and home-based tele-cardiac rehabilitation programs have been conducted with preliminarily encouraging results.
acute heart infarction; adult; Asia; awareness; bypass surgery; communication technology; conference abstract; coronavirus disease 2019; heart development; heart failure; heart rehabilitation; Hong Kong; human; India; middle income country; pandemic; patient referral; percutaneous coronary intervention; smartphone; socioeconomics; surgery
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Journal of Cardiac Failure
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2022
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