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What are the key features of the BACPR cardiac rehabiliation definition?

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1 - cause of CVD needs to be addressed

2 - preserve or resume optimal function

3 - slow or reverse progression of CVD

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What is the core component of rehabilitation?

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  • structured exercise education
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What is the peripheral component of rehabilitation?

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  • psychological support
  • social support
  • lifestyle advice
  • risk factor management
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Which core patients should be signed up for cardiac rehabilitation?

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  • post myocardial infarction
  • coronary artery bypass graft
  • coronary stents
  • chronic heart failure
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What are the 3 main aims that cardiac rehabilitation aim to reduce?

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1 - death

2- MI

3 - rehospitalisation

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Does rehabilitation cause better health outcomes?

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  • cannot say that
  • rehabilitation is associated with better health outcomes
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What is the problem with observational data, instead of doing prospective randomised trials?

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  • patients self select
  • causes patient bias
  • more motivated patients attend so outcomes will be better
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Following cardiac rehabilitation what is the target for total cholesterol and LDL?

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  • total cholesterol = <4mmol/L
  • LDL = <2mmol/L
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In patients who attend cardiac rehabilitation, are they more or less likley to be compliant with medication and lifestyle change?

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  • more compliant with everything
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Following cardiac rehabilitation what is the target for blood pressure?

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  • <140/90 mmHg
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In patients who have diabetes and attend cardiac rehabilitation, what are some of the improvements that have been observed?

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  • improved glucose tolerance
  • reduced serum insulin
  • reduced triglycerides
  • reduced body fat
  • improved compliance
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According to the British Association for Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation what are the 6 core components of cardiac rehabilitation?

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1 - health behaviour with education

2 - lifestyle management (exercise)

3 - psychosocial health

4 - medical risk management

5 - long term straegies

6 - audit and evaluation

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What is phase 1 of cardiac rehabilitation programme that occurs in the 1st week?

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  • patient assessed in hospital (pre-discharge)
  • educate misconceptions and questions
  • mobilise
  • individual exercise programme (4-6 weeks)
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What is phase 2 of cardiac rehabilitation programme that occurs in weeks 2-6 at patients home?

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  • personalised exercise programme
  • education and stress management
  • 5-30 minutes of activity around house
  • telephone contact with rehab team
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Phase 3 is generally the phase that is classed as a cardiac rehabilitation programme. In phase 3 of the cardiac rehabilitation programme, what occurs in weeks 6 to 9 months in the community setting?

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  • assessment of exercise programme
  • personalised multi modality exercises
  • health education
  • psycho socia support
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Which phase is most commonly referred to as the phase where cardiac rehabilitation programme occurs?

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What are the 4 sections of a structured exercise programme?

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  • warm up
  • aerobic exercise
  • resistance exercise
  • cool down
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When designing a structured exercise programme for patients, how is the intensity of the programme judged?

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  • Borg scale
  • aim for level 4-6
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Why is weight management important in CVD?

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  • increases risk of all mortalities
  • waist circumference is 94 (men) and 80 (women)
  • BMI target is 25-30kg/m2
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Is it important to encourage patients with CVD to quit smoking?

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  • yes most important factor in patients with CVD
  • smoking increases mortality
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As part of the nutrition aim for patients with CVD, what is the calorie intake target and what micro nutrient are they advised to increase more of?

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  • 2000 - 2500 caloires/day
  • increase dietary fibre (>20g/day)
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What are the 3 common pyschological distress factors that are common?

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  • anger
  • depression
  • anxiety
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What is phase 4 of a cardiac rehabilitation programme?

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  • life long maintenance
  • unsupervised exercise 2.5 hours/week
  • exercise at 60-70% HR max
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What are attendance figures (% wise) to cardiac rehabilitation programmes for:

  • all patients who are eligible
  • CABG
  • Myocardial infarctions and stable coronary artery disease
  • Heart failure
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  • only 50% of eligible patients attend
  • CABG = 70% attendance
  • MIs and stable coronary artery disease = 30%
  • Heart failure = very low
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What main reasons do patients cite as the reason they dont attend cardiac rehabilitation programmes?
- service organisation - delivery of service
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What is the NHS target for attendance for all those who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation programmes?
- 85%
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There are 4 main reasons patient have identified that contribute to the poor organisational aspects of cardiac rehabilitation, what are they?
1 - co-morbidities (terminal cancer so pointless) 2 - too ill to take part 3 - apathy (patients cannot be bothered) 4 - lack of home support
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What are some potential avenues of how cardiac rehabilitation could be improved?
- offer home delivery - offer programmes online - multi-modality exercise programmes
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What is a clinical audit?
- quality improvement process
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What are key performance indicators?
- markers for measuring success
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According to the British Heart Association how many staff should be part of the multidisciplinary team delivering the cardiac rehabilitation programme?
- _\>_3
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According to the British Heart Association who should be included in cardiac rehabilitation programmes?
- all priority groups - posy MI - post CABG - stable ischaemia - heart failure
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According to the British Heart Association how long should the phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation programme last?
- _\>_8 weeks
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According to the British Heart Association how long should it be before the phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation programme starts in ischaemic heart disease patients?
- 33 days
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According to the British Heart Association how long should it be before the phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation programme starts in CABG patients?
- 46 days
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According to the British Heart Association where should the initial cardiac rehabilitation programme be undertaken?
- in hospital
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According to the British Heart Association following the phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation programme, what should be done after this?
- final assessment
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Are key performance indicators being delivered equally as effectivley all over the country?
- no - deprivation may be an issue

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