Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 59-62, February 2005

Effectiveness of follow-up booster sessions in improving physical status after cardiac rehabilitation: health, behavioral, and clinical outcomes☆

  • Bernice C. Yates, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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  • Teresa Anderson, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Central District Health Department, Grand Island, NE 68801, USA
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  • Melody Hertzog, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
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  • Carol Ott, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
    • ,
  • Jan Williams, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Services, Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, NE 68901, USA

Received 25 May 2004; accepted 24 June 2004.

Abstract 

There is limited research on booster interventions designed to maintain/improve health outcomes following cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a booster intervention on health, behavioral, and clinical physical status outcomes among CR graduates randomly assigned to one of three groups: structured educational/counseling sessions by telephone (n = 24), clinic (n = 20), or usual care (n = 20). The sessions were provided at 3 and 9 weeks following Phase II CR. A repeated measures experimental design was used to examine outcomes at baseline (completion of CR) and at 3 and 6 months. Although the effects of the booster interventions were not significant, there was evidence to suggest that a booster intervention, compared with usual care, had a positive effect on patients' physical functioning, adherence to the exercise program, frequency of exercise, heart rate, and blood pressure.

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☆ Supported by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Hastings, NE, and by a Dean's Grant from the College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, to the first author.

PII: S0897-1897(04)00091-6

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2004.06.012

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 59-62, February 2005

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