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Motivation for Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance: Creating an Evidence-based Strategy
Konstantine C Balakatounis1, Antonios G Angoules2* and Kalomoira A Panagiotopoulou31School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University, Oxfordshire, UK
2Department of Medical Laboratories, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
3School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece and Filoktitis Medical Center, Athens, Greece
- *Corresponding Author:
- Angoules AG
Department of Medical Laboratories
Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 6977011617
E-mail: antoniosangoules@yahoo.com
Received date: November 08, 2016; Accepted date: November 10, 2016; Published date: November 15, 2016
Citation: Balakatounis KC, Angoules AG, Panagiotopoulou KA (2016) Motivation for Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance: Creating an Evidencebased Strategy. J Nov Physiother 6:e145. doi: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000e145
Copyright: © 2016 Balakatounis KC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Cardiac rehabilitation is a long-term plan of care that is based on the motivation of patients to attend rehabilitation. The purpose of the review was to synthesize existing evidence on motivational methods to attend outpatient cardiac rehabilitation; in order to create an evidence-based strategy addressing patient education, psychologic issues and guide healthcare professional action.
