Study reveals women-centric cardiac rehabilitation guidelines to improve their quality of life

Women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have poorer results and are less likely to participate in preventative and rehabilitation programmes than males worldwide. The International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) convened a panel of experts who developed a clinical practice guideline that was endorsed by 24 clinical societies worldwide to provide guidance to the cardiac rehabilitation community on how to deliver more effective women-focused programming. The findings of the study were published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. "Accordingly, 'women-focused' models of CR have been developed to better engage women and optimize their outcomes. There is now sufficient evidence on women-focused CR to make recommendations to the CR community."