Open AccessA Motivational Telephone Intervention to Reduce Early Dropouts in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Grace LaValley,
Andrew Storer,
Heidi Szalai,
Michel Eid Farah,
Quinn R. Pack
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1932-751X
pISSN - 1932-7501
DOI - 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000425
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , attendance , rehabilitation , telephone call , intervention (counseling) , myocardial infarction , motivational interviewing , relative risk , confidence interval , nursing , engineering , economic growth , electrical engineering , economics
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves outcomes, yet early dropout is common. The purpose of the study was to determine whether a motivational telephone intervention among patients at risk for nonadherence would reduce early dropouts.