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Editorial
- Interpreting the Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation without a “True” Control Group? Proceed with Caution
Scientific Review
- Exercise Training in Pulmonary Hypertension: An Updated Systematic Review with Meta-analysis
Cardiac Rehabilitation
- A Comprehensive Secondary Prevention Benchmark (2PBM) Score Identifying Differences in Secondary Prevention Care in Patients after Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Hybrid and Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation in a Rural Area: A Retrospective Study
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Smoking Cessation Interventions for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Narrative Review with Implications for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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SUMMARY:
Cigarette smoking is a leading risk factor for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and the prevalence of COPD among current smokers is more than double the prevalence of COPD among all US adults. Smoking cessation interventions have been proven to be effective in improving outcomes for patients with COPD, but these interventions are not consistently implemented in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs. A new review paper published in the July/August issue of JCRP set out to highlight the effectiveness of different smoking cessation models and define gaps in the current literature on smoking cessation strategies for patients with COPD.
Dr. Coleman and colleagues from the University of Vermont reviewed data from 27 separate studies and found that interventions that involved a combination of strategies like behavioral counseling, health education, pharmacotherapy, and financial incentives for biochemically confirmed cessation may be particularly effective in helping patients with COPD quit smoking.
While the studies analyzed in the review article did not look at the application of these interventions specifically within PR programs, the review does suggest that a multitreatment approach to smoking cessation may be well-suited for implementation in existing PR programs. The availability of trained clinicians and the standard structure of PR programs, with pre-habilitation screening and the regular cadence of sessions during the course of PR, may allow for cessation interventions at a duration and intensity that can lead to increased smoking abstinence.
Moving forward, the authors call for more research to be conducted into the implementation of these types of programs within pulmonary rehabilitation programs, and for researchers to specifically study patient outcomes for patients with COPD that smoke and attend pulmonary rehab programs with significant smoking cessation programs versus patients that attend programs without significant cessation support programs.
Ready to implement a more robust smoking cessation program at your facility? The article includes two potential intervention strategies – one minimal and one more intensive – for PR programs to consider when planning for the future. Learn more by reading the full article in the latest issue of JCRP, available through the AACVPR Member Portal here.
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- Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Health Coaching in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Implementation and Qualitative Assessment of a Pilot Telehealth Program
Congenital Heart Disease
- Heart-Focused Anxiety is Prevalent in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease and Associated with Reduced Exercise Capacity
Prevention
- Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope as a Predictor of Mortality Risk: The Ball State Adult Fitness Longitudinal Lifestyle Study (BALL ST)
- Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope in South American Healthy Adults: Comprehensive Reference Values and International Comparisons
Research Letters
- Availability and Use of In-Person and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Among US Medicare Beneficiaries: A Post-Pandemic Update
- Reasons for Non-Participation in Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Older Patients with Heart Failure: A Report of the FLAGSHIP Study
- Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Delivery and Outcomes in Switzerland in more than a Hundred Thousand Patients over the Last Decade
- Anabolic and Inflammatory Response to High-and Low-Load Resistance in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
- A Novel Motivational Approach in The Management of Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
- High Fitness Levels Attenuate the Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Men with High Systolic Blood Pressure: A Prospective Cohort Study
Additional Content
Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Conference Abstracts
Upcoming Content
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