Holistic needs assessment for rehabilitation in cardiac patients(HARC)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Holistic needs assessment and lived experiences of people referred to cardiac rehabilitation. An explorative study
IRAS ID
348542
Contact name
Stephen Leslie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Highland R&D
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 27 days
Research summary
The aim of this project is to explore the lived experiences and needs of people following a cardiac event. Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. Patients who have a cardiac event receive hospital care or surgical intervention and are discharged with optimal medical management. However, the focus of healthcare continues to move towards a more holistic person centred/personalised care model. A holistic approach to health considers all aspects of wellbeing and provides a wider context to treat and manage concerns of a non-medical nature. This model is already used for some long-term conditions and may be beneficial for the cardiac population.
Cardiac rehabilitation is more than just physical recovery, with stress, depression, and anxiety reported in a large proportion of patients. The introduction of angioplasty (stents) as first line treatment has led to faster recoveries, and patients returning to work and their normal commitments much sooner. The provision of social support networks, or community-based support for those unable to attend traditional CR relies on exploring the demand.
We will conduct 10-20 interviews to explore and capture unmet needs in adult (>18years) patients more than 3 months since their cardiac event. Using the results from the interviews we will use an online survey to gain more data on a wider cardiac population to examine the patient perspective of their own health needs. Our knowledge of the impact, and importance of other risk factors for maintaining good health needs updated from the outdated evidence currently available.REC name
West of Scotland REC 5
REC reference
25/WS/0005
Date of REC Opinion
30 Jan 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion