Effectiveness of an Education Intervention Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients in Canada: A Multi-Site Study
Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Fanny Rouleau, Marie‐Kristelle Ross, Monique Dufour-Doiron, Sylvie L. Belliveau, Jean-René Brideau, Crystal Aultman, Scott Thomas, Tracey J. F. Colella, Paul Oh
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although patient education is considered a core component of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs, to our knowledge, no educational program designed for CR has been standardized in Canada. This absence of standardization may be due to a lack of reliable resources to educate these patients. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an education intervention in improving knowledge and health behaviours among CR patients in 3 sites in Canada. METHODS: tests were used to investigate variable changes between pre- and post-CR, Pearson correlation coefficients were used to determine the association between knowledge and behaviours, and linear regression models were computed to investigate differences in overall post-CR knowledge based on participant characteristics. RESULTS: < 0.001) were influential in changing post-CR knowledge. CONCLUSION: In this first-ever multi-site study focusing on patient education for CR patients in Canada, the benefits of an education intervention have been supported.