CVD

Question 1

What are the risk factors for CVD?

Answer 1

1. age: men ≥45yrs; women ≥ 55yrs
2. family history
3. physical inactivity: not performing at least 30min of moderate PA at least 3 days/week for at least 3 months
4. smoking
5. obesity: BMI: ≥30kg/m2 or WC 102cm for males; 88cm for females
6. hypertension: ≥140/90 or on antihypertensive medication
7. dyslipidaemia: LDL: ≥3.37mmol/L or HDL <1.04mmol/L or TC ≥ 5.18mmol/L
8. diabetes: fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0mmol/L or 2h plasma glucose tolerance test ≥ 11.1mmol/L

Question 2

What are the components of cardiac rehab?

Answer 2

1. lifestyle risk factor management
2. psychosocial health
3. cardioprotective therapies
4. medical risk factor management

Question 3

how does cardiac rehab affect changing activity behaviours?

Answer 3

Evidence that cardiac rehab is useful for changing long term behaviours

Question 4

What factors influence PA after cardiac surgery?

Answer 4

facilitators:
- demographics
- cognitive psychological
- socio-environmental
- program-related

barriers:
- cognitive
- personal
- socio-environmental
- programme-related

Question 5

How does aerobic/CRF fitness affect cardiac events?

Answer 5

greater aerobic fitness is cardioprotective.
- survival rates increase with greater VO2peak (aerobic fitness)