| Title: |
Cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure: a national Danish register-based study of predictors of referral and outcomes |
| Authors: |
Thygesen, LC; Zinckernagel, L; Dalal, H; Egstrup, K; Glumer, C; Gronbaek, M; Holmberg, T; Kober, L; La Cour, K; Nakano, A; Nielsen, CV; Sibilitz, KL; Tolstrup, JS; Zwisler, AD; Taylor, RS |
| Source: |
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing ; volume 20, issue Supplement_1 ; ISSN 1474-5151 1873-1953 |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Description: |
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): The Danish Heart Foundation Background Heart failure (HF) places a large burden on patients and society as a major cause of morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Participation in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in people with HF is a clinically and cost-effective strategy and recommended in international clinical guidelines. Purpose The aims of this study were to: (1) examine the temporal trends and predictors of national CR referral, and (2) compare the risk of hospital readmission and mortality in those referred for CR compared to no referral. Methods All patients in Denmark with incident HF were identified by the Danish Heart Failure Register in the period 2010 to 2018 (n = 33,257) and CR referral assessed within 120 days of hospital admission. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between CR referral and predictors and to compare risk of hospital readmission and mortality until 1 year between referred and not referred patients. Results Overall, 45.0% of HF patients were referred to exercise-based CR, increasing from 31.7% in 2010 to 52.2% in 2018. Factors independently associated with higher CR referral were: NYHA functional class II, LVEF |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1093/eurjcn/zvab060.071 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab060.071; http://academic.oup.com/eurjcn/article-pdf/20/Supplement_1/zvab060.071/39428200/zvab060.071.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.27486203 |
| Database: |
BASE |