Rehabilitation after an acute myocardial infarction
Maharjan-Joshi, Rula; Okorie, Charles Kaiser Elo (2012)
Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012113017538
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012113017538
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This literature review study is based on identifying the various types of nursing interventions which are non-pharmaceutical as regard cardiac rehabilitation after an acute myocardial infarction and also to understand to what extend these various types of rehabilitation prove effective as far as the management of myocardial infarction is concerned. The worrisome challenges encountered by patients after the event of myocardial infarction hamper their chances of rapid and steady path to recovery.
Regaining a sound quality of life after undergoing a cardiac rehabilitation programme is of uppermost importance to both the patients and the multi professional caregivers. The study is also based on highlighting some key aspects of patient’s cardiac rehabilitation, which the researchers thought were very important for ‘improved quality of life’ being the major outcome in cardiac rehabilitation to be achieved. These aspects are physical rehabilitation, social rehabilitation and emotional rehabilitation.
All the research articles reviewed were focused on adult patients, both gender and age as study criteria were not consider as important to the research.
The research methodology was based on scientific literature review using quality content analysis and two or more combination of the keywords below was used during our data searching.
Regaining a sound quality of life after undergoing a cardiac rehabilitation programme is of uppermost importance to both the patients and the multi professional caregivers. The study is also based on highlighting some key aspects of patient’s cardiac rehabilitation, which the researchers thought were very important for ‘improved quality of life’ being the major outcome in cardiac rehabilitation to be achieved. These aspects are physical rehabilitation, social rehabilitation and emotional rehabilitation.
All the research articles reviewed were focused on adult patients, both gender and age as study criteria were not consider as important to the research.
The research methodology was based on scientific literature review using quality content analysis and two or more combination of the keywords below was used during our data searching.