Rehabilitation in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Participation and Its Effect on Prognosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Germany, rehabilitation is considered to be indicated after an acute hospital stay for the treatment of a severe cardiac condition. In comparative studies, at least 51% of German hospital patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) who were entitled to rehabilitative measures actually took part n rehabilitation.

Methods

We examined data on 1910 patients with CHD who took part in two prospective cohort studies at the University Hospital of Halle (Saale) in the years 2007-2011. We contacted these patients again with a questionnaire to determine which ones had undergone rehabilitation. For patients who died before we could contact them, the attempt was made to obtain the dates and causes of death from the local authorities. The primary endpoint of was overall morta

SUBMITTER: Schlitt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980305 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature