Cardiac Rehabilitation
What is cardiac Rehabilitation?
Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary intervention offered to clients diagnosed with heart disease.
Why Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Increase in the prevalence of coronary heart disease and heart failure
No structured, institutional based cardiac rehab centre in Chennai
Strong evidence in support of Cardiac rehabilitation in improving functional capacity and quality of life
Implementation of cardiac rehabilitation after acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularisation, and heart failure is not as recommended by the international standards
Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation:
For Clients
Reduces mortality and morbidity caused by cardiac diseases
Decreased hospital admissions
Improved healthy lifestyle behaviour
Increased functional capacity
Better health related quality of life
For the institute
Improved client satisfaction
Improved client referral to other services
Increased client base
Improved visibility
Added service compared to other corporate hospitals
The components of cardiac rehabilitation
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Risk satisfaction
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Education
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Supervised exercise
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Stress management
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Diet modification
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Behavioral modification
Cardiac Rehabilitation Process Flow
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Reference by cardiologist (Phase II)
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Assessment and risk startification
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Team discussion & protocol formulation (Coordinated by rehabilitation coordinator)
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Protocol implementation
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Reassessment to check whether the target for phase II achieved
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Cardiologist assessment and referral for Phase III
Cardiac Rehabilitation Protocol
Clinical assessment to check the eligibility
Assessment of
- Exercise
- capacity
- Psychological status
- Nutritional status Quality of life (Standardized tools will be used to measure these status)
Lifestyle modification
- Education
- Counselling
- Peer counselling
- Cognitive Behavioural therapy (If required)
Exercise prescription
Supervised exercises (Under monitoring) Group activities
Nutritional counselling
Family counselling
Monitoring activities through applications and mobile phones
