TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) Core Components of Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation 2014
AU - Woodruffe, Stephen
AU - Neubeck, L
AU - Clark, Robyn
AU - Gray, Kim
AU - Ferry, Cate
AU - Finan, Jenny
AU - Sanderson, Sue
AU - Briffa, Tom
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Background: Research on Australian cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation to guide practice needs updating to reflect current context of practice. It is timely therefore to review the core components that underpin effective services that deliver maximum benefits for participants. Methods: The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) convened an inter-agency, multidisciplinary, nationally representative expert panel of Australia's leading cardiac rehabilitation clinicians, researchers and health advocates who reviewed the research evidence. Results: Five core components for quality delivery and outcomes of services were identified and are recommended: 1) Equity and access to services, 2) Assessment and short-term monitoring, 3) Recovery and longer term maintenance, 4) Lifestyle/behavioural modification and medication adherence, and 5) Evaluation and quality improvement. Conclusions: ACRA seeks to provide guidance on the latest evidence in cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation. Clinicians should use these core components to guide effective service delivery and promote high quality evidence based care. Directors of hospitals and health services should use these core components to aid decision-making about the development and maintenance of these services.
AB - Background: Research on Australian cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation to guide practice needs updating to reflect current context of practice. It is timely therefore to review the core components that underpin effective services that deliver maximum benefits for participants. Methods: The Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) convened an inter-agency, multidisciplinary, nationally representative expert panel of Australia's leading cardiac rehabilitation clinicians, researchers and health advocates who reviewed the research evidence. Results: Five core components for quality delivery and outcomes of services were identified and are recommended: 1) Equity and access to services, 2) Assessment and short-term monitoring, 3) Recovery and longer term maintenance, 4) Lifestyle/behavioural modification and medication adherence, and 5) Evaluation and quality improvement. Conclusions: ACRA seeks to provide guidance on the latest evidence in cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation. Clinicians should use these core components to guide effective service delivery and promote high quality evidence based care. Directors of hospitals and health services should use these core components to aid decision-making about the development and maintenance of these services.
KW - Cardiac Rehabilitation
KW - Cardiovascular Disease
KW - Core Components
KW - Outcomes
KW - Quality Delivery
KW - Secondary Prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84933672990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.008
M3 - Review article
VL - 24
SP - 430
EP - 441
JO - Heart, Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart, Lung and Circulation
SN - 1443-9506
IS - 5
ER -