What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?

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Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program that helps improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Support heart health 5 3
Doctor recommendation 4 0
Reduced endurance 1 0
Shortness of breath with exertion 1 1
Weight loss 1 1

  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 0
Mild 0
None 4

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Cardiac Rehabilitation

Side effect Patients Percentage

Why patients stopped taking Cardiac Rehabilitation

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Course of treatment ended 3
Other 2
Doctor's advice 1
See all 5 patients who've stopped going to Cardiac Rehabilitation

Duration

Stopped going to Cardiac Rehabilitation

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 1
1 - 6 months 1
1 - 2 years 1
5 - 10 years 1
10 years or more 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 3
Usually 1
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 2
A little hard to take 1
Not at all hard to take 1
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 0
$100-199 1
$50-99 0
$25-49 2
< $25 0
Not specified 1
Last updated:
There are no evaluations for Cardiac Rehabilitation.