Physiotherapists' Attitudes, and Barriers of Delivering Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients with Heart Failure in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Abdulelah Mastour AldhahirMunyra AlhotyeJaber Saud AlqahtaniIbrahim A AlDraiwieshSaeed M AlghamdiAbdullah S AlsulayyimAbdullah A AlqarniShahad K KhormiEidan M AlzahraniAhmed Mansour AlrajehYousef S AldabayanRayan A SirajNaif A TawhariFaisal M AlhazmiAyat A NajmiKhalid S AlwadeaiHassan AlwafiPublished in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2022)
PTs perceived CR as a successful strategy for patients with HF. Although a supervised hospital-based program with stress management as an essential component aside from the exercise component was perceived as the preferred mode of delivery, CR was lacking, which caused a significant barrier to CR referral from the PTs' perspective.