Investigation into the Attendance of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigating the Experiences of Myocardial Infarction Patients and the Influence this has on their Decision of Attending or Not Attending Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Grounded Theory
IRAS ID
125169
Contact name
Lisa Newson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Liverpool John Moores University
Research summary
The main consensus of the cardiac rehab research is that the programme improves the quality of life for the patient and overall it reduces the likelihood of another myocardial infarction. There is clear evidence for the success of these programmes and yet the British Heart Foundation has recently released figures of attendance and claim that only 44% of patients participate in rehab. By not attending patients are three times more likely to have another myocardial infarction (Clark et al., 2012), therefore it is important to find out what is preventing the other 54% from attending. Previous papers have identified several possible factors of nonattendance and attendance to cardiac rehabilitation but there is little exploration of what these factors mean to individuals or how they interact to impact on attendance. The factors which influence attendance may be physical and/or psychological barriers. However, there is a clear gap in the research literature, to understand and investigate some of the psychological influences on attendance; this research is particularly interested in the individuals experience and perceptions of sense of control and social support, and how these factors may impact on peoples decisions to attend a recommended cardiac rehabilitation programme
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/EM/0318
Date of REC Opinion
16 Aug 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion