Web-based heart rehabilitation empowers women in remote communities

Web-based cardiac rehab program boosts participation among rural women with heart disease

Fewer women are part of cardiac rehabilitation programs, particularly in rural or remote communities, but Flinders University researchers have found that a web-based program tailored for women in rural and remote communities can help change this situation.

Web-based heart rehabilitation empowers women in remote communities

CREW (Cardiac Rehabilitation Especially for Women) is a specific care pathway program developed by the Flinders University-led CHAP Project (Country Heart Attack Prevention) and tested through a study to determine whether the program can be successfully delivered, adopted and accepted by women with cardiovascular disease, and also by cardiac rehabilitation clinicians in rural and remote communities.

CREW Web Program Feasible for Women’s Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural,

A web-based cardiac rehabilitation program designed specifically for women has shown promising results among patients living in rural and remote South Australia, where distance, limited services and competing responsibilities can make recovery after a heart event difficult. Known as CREW, or Cardiac Rehabilitation Especially for Women, the program was developed through the Flinders University-led Country […]