Systematic review of cardiac rehabilitation guidelines: Quality and scope.

ABSTRACT: Cardiac rehabilitation is a comprehensive model of secondary prevention proven to reduce mortality and morbidity. The World Health Organization is developing a Package of Rehabilitation Interventions for implementation by ministries of health as part of universal healthcare across the continuum. Through a systematic review, we sought to identify the best-quality cardiac rehabilitation guidelines, and extract their recommendations for implementation by member states. A systematic search was undertaken of academic databases and guideline repositories, among other sources, through to April 2019, for English-language cardiac rehabilitation guidelines from the last 10 years, free from conflicts, and with strength of recommendations. Two authors independently considered all citations. Potentiall

SUBMITTER: Mehra VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262778 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature