Older women and cardiac rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Older Women with Heart Failure - PMC

The present study adds to the existing knowledge by showing that the survival advantage for females extends to the rehabilitation setting. The ...

Gender Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Older Women

Older women with cardiovascular disease experience lower referral, participation, and completion rates of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), ...

Women's Reasons For Completing Cardiac Rehabilitation

CR programs also improve physical stamina and emotional health, but studies show it is underutilized among the women and elderly populations ( ...

Older women and cardiac rehabilitation: Next steps on the journey

Cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke, is the predominant cause of morbidity and mortality in older women.

Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Adults

Cardiac rehabilitation may also help improve cognitive function in older adults. Observational studies have demonstrated that physical activity ...

Cardiac rehabilitation in women, challenges and opportunities

Cardiac rehabilitation(CR) has known proven benefits in reducing mortality related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), improving quality of life (QoL), ...

Cardiac rehabilitation in older adults: is it just lifestyle? - BMJ Heart

Despite more adverse cardiovascular risk profiles and comorbidities among older patients, nurse-coordinated referral to a community-based lifestyle intervention ...

Cardiac rehabilitation in older adults - UpToDate

Outline ; SPECIFIC PATIENT GROUPS · Cardiovascular events · Stable coronary heart disease ; EXERCISE IN OLDER ADULTS · Program adaptations ...

Sex Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes - AHA Journals

Compared with traditional CR, females enrolled in the tailored CR program attended more CR sessions (ie, higher CR adherence), had greater ...

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Women across the Lifespan

KEYWORDS: Aging; Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Women ... pervasive in the older coronary heart disease population.

Gender Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Older Women

Despite its documented benefits, older adults underutilize cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and older women underutilize it disproportionately relative to men.

Optimizing Training Response for Women in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Importance Despite lower baseline fitness levels, women in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) do not typically improve peak aerobic exercise capacity ( ...

Cardiac rehabilitation in women, challenges and opportunities

In this study, older women had the most benefit (8). In 2009, the. HF-ACTION trial randomized 2331 patients to CR vs standard therapy alone. Patients in the CR ...

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older u.s. Women: Challenges and ...

Numerous studies document the decreased application of cardiac rehabilitation in women compared to men and in older compared to younger patients, with this ...

Nature, availability, and utilization of women-focused cardiac ...

Women do not participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to the same degree as men; women-focused CR may address this.

Older Rural Women Moving Up and Moving On in Cardiac ...

Recovery from cardiac events may take months or even years. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an essential step in the recovery process. CR ...

Women-Focused Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: An International ...

Women-focused cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR; phase II) aims to better engage women, and might result in better quality of life than traditional programs ...

Modern women with heart disease need flexible lifestyle programmes

However, approximately 10–20% fewer women than men participate in cardiac rehabilitation, and women are more likely to drop out (35% of women ...

Older women and cardiac rehabilitation: Next steps on the journey

Cardiac rehabilitation is pivotal in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, in that it lowers cardiovascular risk and mortality, ...

How Cardiac Rehabilitation Can Help Heal Your Heart - CDC

However, some people are less likely to start or finish a cardiac rehabilitation program. Studies show that women, especially minority women, ...