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Examines in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Understanding Patient Engagement in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs through the Model of Therapeutic Engagement

Submission: February 02, 2018; Published: February 27, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/EPMR.2018.01.000514

ISSN: 2637-7934
Volume1 Issue3

Abstract

Patient engagement in the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) process is increasingly being viewed as essential to achieving desired clinical outcomes [1-3]. Although the topic of patient engagement has long been researched within the context of psychotherapy and mental health [3-6], research directly exploring this topic within the context of CR has only recently emerged. Most of the literature on this topic focuses on only single-variable data to predict patient engagement. Hence, there is an absence of coherent analysis of patient engagement in CR. More complex models of engagement have been developed in the context of brain injury rehabilitation [7,8].

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