Cardiac rehabilitation quiz

True/False questions:

1. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is only hospital based – false – CR can be undertaken in the home, community or hospital setting
2. CR is not available to carers or relatives – false – spouses/family members/carers involvement in CR is important
3. Only patients under 65 years are eligible – false – age is not an exclusion for CR involvement
4. CR aims to optimise an individuals physical and psychosocial health – true – Cardiac rehabilitation is the process by which patients with cardiac disease, in partnership with a multidisciplinary team of health professionals, are encouraged and supported to achieve and maintain optimal physical and psychosocial health
5. CR is an exercise only programme – false – CR adopts a menu-based approach tailored to the needs of the individual and can include exercise, education and psychological interventions
6. Only patients who have had a heart attack can access CR – false – CR is available to a patients with a range of cardiac conditions

To be general feedback at end of quiz:

“The coordinated sum of activities* required to influence favourably the underlying cause of cardiovascular disease, as well as to provide the best possible physical, mental and social conditions, so that the patients may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume optimal functioning in their community and through improved health behaviour, slow or reverse progression of disease”.