Top 10 priorities

The most important questions

  1. What are effective approaches to individually tailoring cardiac rehabilitation programming for women (i.e., taking into account age, other comorbidities, previous activity levels and individual preferences)?

  2. What are effective approaches to reducing barriers to cardiac rehabilitation for women (e.g., related to caregiving, work and parenting responsibilities)?

  3. What are the impacts of women's only cardiac rehabilitation programming on process and health outcomes?

  4. What are effective approaches to supporting long-term follow-up for women after cardiac rehabilitation completion?

  5. What clinical criteria (including stroke and cardiac diagnoses with or without acute events/procedures) should be used to ensure women who would benefit from cardiac rehabilitation are referred?

  6. What are effective approaches to educating women about the importance and benefits of cardiac rehabilitation?

  7. How can the cardiac rehabilitation environment be optimized to impact women's cardiac rehabilitation process and health outcomes?

  8. What are effective approaches to incorporating individual dietary concerns into nutrition counselling as part of cardiac rehabilitation programming for women?

  9. What would improve access to cardiac rehabilitation for women living outside urban areas?

  10. What clinical parameters should be tracked and communicated to women so they are equipped to monitor their own cardiac rehabilitation exercise safety and progression?

More details about results: https://www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-setting-partnerships/womens-cardiovascular-health-and-cardiac-rehabilitation-canada#tab-81661

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