Nontraditional Cardiac Rehabilitation in Korean Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Issue 4 (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Jongyoung; Song, Yeoungsuk; Lindquist, Ruth; Yoo, Youngsook; Park, Eunkyung; Lim, Seojin; Chung, Younghae; Mathiason, Michelle A.
• Is Part Of: Rehabilitation nursing. Volume 42:Issue 4(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Cardiac rehabilitation -- psychological symptoms -- mindful awareness -- exercise capacity -- coronary artery disease; Rehabilitation nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers en réadaptation -- Périodiques; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1002/rnj.268
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-4807

Abstract

Abstract: Purpose: This pilot investigation sought to compare outcomes including depression, anxiety, stress, mindful awareness, and exercise capacity between exercise-focused cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) and meditation-focused cardiac rehabilitation (MCR) programs for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Design: A nonrandomized pretest–posttest design was employed. Methods: Two different interventions (ECR vs. MCR) were implemented with participants of each group for 12 weeks. Questionnaires assessing depression, anxiety, stress, and mindful awareness and measures of peak V O2 were completed before and after the 12-week interventions. Findings: Thirteen patients completed the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs. Meditation-focused cardiac rehabilitation was associated with significantly greater reductions in depression as compared to ECR; there were no significant differences between the two groups on other outcomes. Conclusions: The MCR program has similar effects to improve the physical and psychological outcomes, compared with the ECR program. Clinical Relevance: There is potential for patients with CAD to participate in and benefit from nontraditional CR programs, and such CR could play a role in secondary prevention of CAD.