NursingCenter Journal Feed: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention http://www.nursingcenter.com en-us @NC 2006 Home-Based Secondary Prevention Programs for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A META-ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS ON ANXIETY http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1515936 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:This meta-analysis provides evidence that home-based secondary prevention programs are effective in reducing anxiety level in CAD patients. However, because of the limited number of trials available and high degrees of heterogeneity in the data, further research needs to be done to provi.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:59 -67  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:34 EST
Todd McClure MN

Mark Haykowsky PhD

Don Schopflocher PhD

Zoe Hsu MSc

Alexander Clark PhD
 Diagnostic Performance of Weight Loss to Predict Body Fatness Improvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1515997 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:Although weight loss in CR is indicative of fat mass loss in most patients, absence of weight loss, or even weight gain, would not necessarily rule out fat loss in a significant number of patients attending CR. These findings speak to the importance of body fatness measurements beyond BM.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:68 -76  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:27 EST
Quinn Pack MD

Juan Rodriguez-Escudero MD

Randal Thomas MD, MS

Ray Squires PhD

Lezlie Johnson RN
 Correlation and Discrepancies Between Obesity by Body Mass Index and Body Fat in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516080 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:Even though a correlation exists between BMI and BF, they frequently classify individuals differently in a population of CHD patients. When defining overweight/obesity, care must be taken when using a crude screening tool such as BMI. While it is not expected for all clinicians to add BF.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:77 -83  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:12 EST
Alban De Schutter MD

Carl Lavie MD

Karla Arce MD

Sylvia Menendez MD

Richard Milani MD
 Long-term Results of a 12-Week Comprehensive Ambulatory Cardiac Rehabilitation Program http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516141 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSION:The 12-week comprehensive outpatient CR program was successful at reducing important CvRFs long-term. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:84 -90  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:55 EST
Manuel Blum MD

Jean-Paul Schmid MD

Prisca Eser PhD

Hugo Saner MD
 Psychosocial Outcomes of an Exercise Maintenance Intervention After Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516194 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSION:A telephone-based intervention that helped maintain exercise showed statistically significant improvements in quality of life and reduced depressive symptoms in this patient population. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:91 -98  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:26:08 EST
Bernardine Pinto PhD

Shira Dunsiger PhD

Nancy Farrell MPH, CHES

Bess Marcus PhD

John Todaro PhD
 Timed Up and Go Tests in Cardiac Rehabilitation: RELIABILITY AND COMPARISON WITH THE 6-MINUTE WALK TEST http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516285 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:Similar relative changes occurred for the TUGT and the 6MWT in CR. A significant correlation between the TUGTT and 6MWD was demonstrated, and we suggest that the TUGT may provide a related or a supplementary measurement of functional capacity in CR. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:99 -105  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:26:15 EST
R. Bellet BPhty, MPH

Rebecca Francis BPhty

Justin Jacob MPhty

Karen Healy BNurs, Post Grad Dip Health Sc

Harold Bartlett BSc, PhD

Lewis Adams BSc, PhD

Norman Morris BAppSc Physio, PhD
 Physical Activity Profile of Lung Transplant Candidates With Interstitial Lung Disease http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516342 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:Individuals with advanced ILD are markedly inactive; however, physical activity levels were significantly higher on rehabilitation days. The importance of physical activity as a rehabilitation outcome in ILD warrants further investigation. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:106 -112  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:26:02 EST
Lisa Wickerson MSc, BScPT

Sunita Mathur PhD, MSc, BScPT

Denise Helm BScPT

Lianne Singer MD

Dina Brooks PhD, MSc, BScPT
 Development and Feasibility of a Self-management Intervention for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Delivered With Motivational Interviewing Strategies http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516423 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:A self-management intervention that includes motivational interviewing as the way if guiding patients into behavior change is feasible in severe COPD and may increase patient engagement and commitment to self-management. This provides a very detailed description of the process for the sp.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:113 -123  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:18 EST
Roberto Benzo MD, MSc

Kristin Vickers PhD

Denise Ernst PhD

Sharon Tucker PhD, RN

Charlene McEvoy MD, MPH

Kate Lorig DrPH, RN
 Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Results in Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516532 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :CONCLUSIONS:Pulmonary rehabilitation results in substantial and clinically meaningful changes in both anxiety and depression. .... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:123 -127  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:04 EST
Neha Bhandari MD

Tarun Jain MD

Corliss Marolda RN

Richard ZuWallack MD
 International Charter on Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation: A CALL FOR ACTION http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516557 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
Abstract :Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in both women and men globally and is a growing epidemic in low- to middle-income countries. Without systematic access to cardiac rehabilitation (CR), these individuals may experience multiple recurrent acute care events and suffer unnecessar.... 

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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:128 -131  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:41 EST
Sherry Grace PhD

Darren Warburton PhD

James Stone MD, PhD

Bonnie Sanderson PhD, RN

Neil Oldridge PhD

Jennifer Jones MSc, MCSP

Nathan Wong PhD

John Buckley PhD, MSc, BPE
 Literature Update: Selected Abstracts From Recent Publications in Cardiopulmonary Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=1516646 Journal Title: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention</a> - <FONT COLOR=#D0522C;><b>Featured Journal</b></font> 
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Issue pub date:March/April 2013 

Volume:33 Number:2  

Pages:132 -134  
 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 12:25:48 EST
Jeffrey Roitman EdD

Sanjay Kalra MD