About the Heart Manual
The Heart Manual programmes are clinically effective, evidence based self-management cardiac rehabilitation programmes:
Standard Twelve of the NHS National Service Framework for Coronary Artery Disease (NSF)1 says:
“NHS Trusts should put in place agreed protocols/systems of care so that, prior to leaving hospital, people … suffering from coronary artery disease have been invited to participate in a multidisciplinary programme of secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation. The aim of the programme will be to reduce their risk of subsequent cardiac problems and to promote their return to a full and normal life.”
The Heart Manual provides a one-step approach to meeting the standard set out in the NSF.
Heart Manual Programmes available are:
The Heart Manual Post Myocardial Infarction Edition 2-11
The Heart Manual Revascularisation Edition 12
The Heart Manual, associated audiotapes, CDs, training materials, publicity materials and the contents of this website are the copyright of NHS Lothian.
Disclaimer
The Heart Manual cardiac rehabilitation programme has been scientifically shown to bring significant benefits to large number of users, but no guarantee can be given that following the programme will benefit any particular individual. All the advice and guidance contained in the Manual is based on the findings of medical practice and research current at the date of publication, but no guarantee can be given that statements made in the Manual will not be contradicted by subsequent opinion and knowledge.
References
1) NHS Executive. Cardiac rehabilitation. In: National Service Framework for CHD. Leeds: NHS Executive; 2000. p. 2.
2) Lewin B, Robertson IH, Cay EL et al. A self-help post-MI rehabilitation package – the Heart Manual: effects on psychological adjustment, hospitalisation and GP consultation. Lancet 1992; 339: 1036–40.
3) Linden B. Evaluation of a home-based rehabilitation programme for patient recovery from acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 1995; 11: 10–19.
4) Bell JM. Comparison of a multidisciplinary home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme with comprehensive conventional rehabilitation in post myocardial infarction patients. PhD thesis, University of London, 1998.
5) O’Rourke A, Hampson S. Psychosocial outcomes after myocardial infarction: evaluation of two approaches to rehabilitation. Psychology, Health and Medicine 1999; 4: 393–402.
6) Taylor RS, Watt A, Dalal HM, Evans PH, Campbell JL, Read KLQ, Mourant AJ, Wingham J, Thompson DR and Pereira Gray DJ
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation versus hospital-based rehabilitation: A cost effectiveness analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 119, Issue 2, 10 July 2007, Pages 196-201
7) Dalal HM, Evans PH, Campbell JL, Taylor RS, Watt A, Read KLQ, Mourant AJ, Wingham. J, Thompson DR, Pereira Gray DJ. (2007) Home-based versus hospital-based rehabilitation after myocardial infarction: A randomised trial with preference arms – Cornwall Heart Attack Rehabilitation Management Study (CHARMS) International Journal of Cardiology 119, 2, 202 -211.
8) Wingham J, Dalal, HM, Sweeney KG, Evans, PH (2006) Listening to patients: Choice in Cardiac Rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 5, 289-294
9) Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Cardiac Rehabilitation: a National Clinical Guideline. Edinburgh: Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network; 2002.
10) Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation. Cardiac Rehabilitation Guidelines. Dublin: Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation; 2007.
11) Skinner JS, Cooper A, Feder GS. NICE guidelines. Secondary prevention for patients after a myocardial infarction: summary of NICE guidance. British Medical Journal 2007; 334: 1112–13.
12) Jolly K, Taylor RS, Lip GYH et al. The Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation Study (BRUM). Home-based compared with hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation in a multi-ethnic population: cost-effectiveness and patient adherence; http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk/
