作者
Alison Beauchamp, Marian Worcester, Andrew Ng, Barbara Murphy, James Tatoulis, Leeanne Grigg, Robert Newman, Alan Goble
发表日期
2013/5/1
期刊
Heart
卷号
99
期号
9
页码范围
620-625
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
简介
Objective
To investigate whether attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (CR) independently predicts all-cause mortality over 14 years and whether there is a dose–response relationship between the proportion of CR sessions attended and long-term mortality.
Design
Retrospective cohort study.
Setting
CR programmes in Victoria, Australia
Patients
The sample comprised 544 men and women eligible for CR following myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery or percutaneous interventions. Participants were tracked 4 months after hospital discharge to ascertain CR attendance status.
Main outcome measures
All-cause mortality at 14 years ascertained through linkage to the Australian National Death Index.
Results
In total, 281 (52%) men and women attended at least one CR session. There were few significant differences between non-attenders and attenders. After adjustment for age, sex, diagnosis …
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