Performance in activities of daily living in cardiac rehabilitation

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Self perceived performance in activities of daily living, amongst a sample of patients with coronary heart disease, engaging in cardiac rehabilitation in North Wales

  • IRAS ID

    223200

  • Contact name

    Stephen Fallows

  • Contact email

    s.fallows@chester.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    University of Chester

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 4 months, 14 days

  • Research summary


    Aims:
    To complete qualitative research with use of semi-structured interviews. This will establish patients' self perceived performance in activities of daily living (ADL) associated with their coronary heart disease (CHD).

    Research questions:
    Can the application of a client centered approach through semi- structured interviews support patients in expressing their self perceived performance in ADLs? Are there any themes of self perceived functional difficulties and goals amongst the patients?

    Rationale:
    CHD is the UK's biggest single cause of death. In Wales, it is responsible for 4,000 deaths annually. However, figures indicate that since 1961 death rates have reduced by almost 3/4 and that the number of prescriptions in Wales for cardiac disease continues to rise (British Heart Foundation statistics, 2015). People are living longer with CHD, therefore it is felt that functional difficulties associated with CHD should be an area of interest. Functional limitations present themselves in difficulties during performance of ADL, which often arise due to symptoms of physical limitations (Kono et al, 2012).

    Methods:
    Semi-structured interviews based upon the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure- COPM (Law et al., 2014). Sample to include male and female above 18years. Thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006)will be used to analyse data.

    References:

    Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3, 77-101.

    British Heart Foundation (2015).Cardiovascular disease statistics 2015. British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention. Nuffield Department of Population on Health. University of Oxford.

    Kono, Y., Yamada, S., Iwastu, K., Nitobe, S., Tanaka, Y., Shimizu, Y.....Hirashiki, A. (2012). Predictive value of functional limitation for disease severity in patients with mild chronic heart failure. Journal of cardiology, 60 (5) 411-415

    Law, M., Baptise, S., Carswell, A., McColl, M.A., Polataijko, H., & Pollock, N. (2014). Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. (5th ed). Canada. Publications ACE.

  • REC name

    West of Scotland REC 5

  • REC reference

    17/WS/0074

  • Date of REC Opinion

    10 Apr 2017

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion