A nationwide survey on participation in cardiac rehabilitation among patients with coronary heart disease using health claims data in Japan

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 20096 - 9
• Main Authors: Ohtera, Shosuke, Kato, Genta, Ueshima, Hiroaki, Mori, Yukiko, Nakatani, Yuka, Ozasa, Neiko, Nakayama, Takeo, Kuroda, Tomohiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.10.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/4019; 692/700/228/491; Adult; Aged; Cardiac Rehabilitation - statistics & numerical data; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary artery; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - rehabilitation; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Education; Exercise Therapy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Plan Implementation; Heart surgery; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Nutritional Support; Participation; Patient Education as Topic; Patient Participation - psychology; Patient Participation - statistics & numerical data; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Retrospective Studies; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Surveys and Questionnaires; Japan

Poor implementation and variable quality of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for coronary heart disease (CHD) have been a global concern. This nationwide study aimed to clarify the implementation of and participation in CR among CHD patients and associated factors in Japan. We conducted a retrospective c...