A secondary meta-synthesis of qualitative studies of gender and access to cardiac rehabilitation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1758-1773

  Angus, Jan E ^a   King Shier, Kathryn M ^b   Spaling, Melisa A ^c   Duncan, Amanda S ^c   Jaglal, Susan B ^a   Stone, James A ^b,d   Clark, Alexander M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Cardiac Wellness Institute of Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardio thoracic nursing; Gender; Qualitative meta synthesis; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84936980655     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12620     Document Type: Review

References (117)

1. Allen J.K., Scott L.B., Stewart K.J. & Young D.R. (2004) Disparities in women's referral to and enrollment in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of General Internal Medicine 19, 747-753.
2. Allison M. & Campbell C. (2009) 'Maybe it could be a heart attack..but I'm only 31': young men's lived experience of myocardial infarction an exploratory study. American Journal of Men's Health 3, 116-125.
3. Alsen P., Brink E. & Persson L. (2008) Patients' illness perception four months after a myocardial infarction. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 25-33.
4. Angus J. (2001) Home is where the heart is: women's experiences of homemaking and self care after aortocoronary bypass surgery. [PhD], University of Toronto, Canada.
5. Angus J.E., Lombardo A.P., Lowndes R.H., Cechetto N., Ahmad F. & Bierman A.S. (2013) Beyond barriers in studying disparities in women's access to health services in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative metasynthesis. Qualitative Health Research 23(4), 476-494.
6. Annable R.J. (2008) Group experiences in cardiac rehabilitation exercise programmes. [PsyD], Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA.
7. Archer M.S. (2003) Structure, Agency and The Internal Conversation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
8. Astin F., Atkin K. & Darr A. (2008) Family support and cardiac rehabilitation: a comparative study of the experiences of South Asian and White-European patients and their carer's living in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 7, 43-51.
9. Austin E. (2009) Older rural women moving up and moving on in cardiac rehab. [PhD], Binghamtom University, USA.
10. Banerjee A.T., Grace S.L., Thomas S.G. & Faulkner G. (2010) Cultural factors facilitating cardiac rehabilitation participation among Canadian South Asians: a qualitative study. Heart and Lung 29, 494-503.
11. Beckie T.M. & Beckstead J.W. (2010) Predicting cardiac rehabilitation attendance in a gender-tailored randomized clinical trial. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 30, 147-156.
12. Bird C.E. & Rieker P.P. (2008) Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies. Cambridge University Press, New York.
13. Blake E., Tsakirides C. & Ingle L. (2009) Hospital versus community-based phase III cardiac rehabilitation. British Journal of Nursing 18, 116-122.
14. Caldwell P., Arthur H.M. & Rideout E. (2005) Lives of rural women after myocardial infarction. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 37, 54-67.
15. Charmaz K. (2004) Premises, principles and practices in qualitative research: revisiting the foundations. Qualitative Health Research 14, 976-993.
16. Chauhan U., Baker D., Lester H. & Edwards R. (2010) Exploring uptake of cardiac rehabilitation in a minority ethnic population in England: a qualitative study. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 9, 68-74.
17. Clark A., Hartling L., Vandermeer B. & McAlister F. (2005) Secondary prevention programme for patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials. Annals of Internal Medicine 143, 659-672.
18. Clark A., Hartling L., Vandermeer B., Lissel S. & McAlister F. (2007) The merits of shorter, generalist secondary prevention programmes based in primary care: results from a meta-regression. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 14, 538-546.
19. Clark A.M., Mundy C., Catto S. & MacIntyre P.D. (2011) Participation in community-based exercise maintenance programmes after completion of hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation: a mixed-method study. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention 31, 42-46.
20. Clark A.M., King-Shier K.M., Thompson D.R., Spaling M.A., Duncan A.S., Stone J.A., Jaglal S.B. & Angus J.E. (2012) A qualitative systematic review of influences on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation programmes after referral. American Heart Journal 164, 835-845.
21. Cohen D.J. & Crabtree B.F. (2008) Evaluative criteria for qualitative research in health care: controversies and recommendations. Annals of Family Medicine 6, 331-339.
22. Connors L. (2000) Cardiac rehabilitation: influences on attendance. [PsyD], Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, USA.
23. Cooper A., Jackson G., Weinman J. & Horne R. (2005) A qualitative study investigating patients' beliefs about cardiac rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation 19, 87-96.
24. Courtenay W.H. (2000) Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health. Social Science and Medicine 50, 1385-1401.
25. Dalal H., Zawada A., Jolly K., Moxham T. & Taylor R. (2010) Home-based versus centre based cardiac rehabilitation: cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal 19, b5631. doi:10.1136/bmj.b5631.
26. DaSilva J. (2003) Motivation for self-care in older women with heart disease and diabetes: balancing act. [PhD], University of California, USA.
27. Davidson P., DiGiacomo M., Zecchin R., Clarke M., Paul G., Lamb K., Hancock K., Chang E. & Daly J. (2008) Heart Awareness for Women Programme Investigators. A cardiac rehabilitation programme to improve psychosocial outcomes of women with heart disease. Journal of Women's Health 17, 123-134.
28. Davies B. & Hare R.D. (1990) Positioning: the discursive production of selves. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 20, 44-63.
29. Davis S., Sullivan P. & Tan P. (1995) A qualitative approach to the evaluation of a cardiac education follow-up program. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 6, 13-21.
30. Day W. & Batten L. (2006) Cardiac rehabilitation for women: one size does not fit at all. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 24, 21-26.
31. DeAngelis C., Bunker S. & Schoo A. (2008) Exploring the barriers and enablers to attendance at rural cardiac rehabilitation programmes. Australian Journal of Rural Health 16, 137-142.
32. Dixon-Woods M., Cavers D., Agarwal S., Annandale E., Arthur A., Harvey J., Hsu R., Katbamna S., Olsen R., Smith L., Riley R. & Sutton A.J. (2006) Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups. BMC Medical Research Methodology 6, 35. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-6-35.
33. Doiron-Maillet N. & Meagher-Stewart D. (2003) The uncertain journey: women's experiences following a myocardial infarction. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 13, 14-23.
34. Dolansky M., Moore S.M. & Visovsky C. (2006) Older adults' views of cardiac rehabilitation programmes: is it time to reinvent? Journal of Gerontological Nursing 32, 37-44.
35. Dombroski J. (2006) Exercise behavior among women post-myocardial infarction: applying the transtheoretical model of behavior change. [PhD], University of Rhode Island, USA.
36. Eakin J.M. & Mykhalovskiy E. (2003) Reframing the evaluation of qualitative health research: reflections on a review of appraisal guidelines in the health sciences. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9, 187-194.
37. Eastwood G. (2001) Lifestyle pattern change in males following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/intracoronary stenting. International Journal of Nursing Practice 7, 131-137.
38. Ebbesen L. (1999) Women in cardiac rehabilitation: our stories. [EdD], University of Toronto, Canada.
39. Emslie C. (2005) Women, men and coronary heart disease: a review of the qualitative literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing 51, 382-395.
40. Esbai N. (2004) Facing new realities: experiences of Middle Eastern women during and following mycocardial infarction. [PhD], University of Miami, USA.
41. Feder G.S., Hutson M., Ramsay J. & Taket A.R. (2006) Women exposed to intimate partner violence: expectations and experiences when they encounter health care professionals: a meta-analysis of qualitative studies. Archives of Internal Medicine 166, 22-37.
42. Fenstermaker S. & West C. (2002) Doing Gender, Doing Difference. Routledge, New York.
43. Fernandez R., Davidson P. & Griffiths R. (2008) Cardiac rehabilitation coordinators' perceptions of patient-related barriers to implementing cardiac evidence-based guidelines. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 23, 449-457.
44. Fleury J. & Sedikides C. (2007) Wellness motivation in cardiac rehabilitation: the role of self-knowledge in cardiovascular risk modification. Research in Nursing & Health 30, 373-384.
45. Galdas P.M. & Kang H.B.K. (2010) Punjabi Sikh patients' cardiac rehabilitation experiences following myocardial infarction: a qualitative analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 3134-3142.
46. Galdas P.M., Oliffe J.L., Wong S.T., Ratner P.A., Johnson J.L. & Kelly M.T. (2012) Canadian Punjabi Sikh men's experiences of lifestyle changes following myocardial infarction: cultural connections. Ethnicity and Health 17, 253-266.
47. Gallagher R., Marshall A.P., Fisher M.J. & Elliott D. (2008) On my own: experiences of recovery from acute coronary syndrome for women living alone. Heart and Lung 37, 417-424.
48. Gough B. (2007) 'Real men don't diet': an analysis of contemporary newspaper representations of men, food and health. Social Science and Medicine 64, 326-337.
49. Grace S.L., Grewal K., Arthur H.M., Abramson B.L. & Stewart D.E. (2008) A prospective, controlled multisite study of psychosocial and behavioral change following women's cardiac rehabilitation participation. Journal of Women's Health 17, 241-248.
50. Gregory S., Bostock Y. & Backett-Milburn K. (2006) Recovering from a heart attack: a qualitative study into lay experiences and the struggle to make lifestyle changes. Family Practice 23, 220-225.
51. Grewal K. (2008) Improving access to cardiac rehabilitation among South Asian patients through innovative referral methods: a qualitative study. [Masters], York University, Canada.
52. Grewal K., Leung Y.W., Safai P., Stewart D.E., Anand S., Gupta M., Parsons C. & Grace S.L. (2010) Access to cardiac rehabilitation among South-Asian patients by referral method: a qualitative study. Rehabilitation Nursing 35, 106-112.
53. Gulanick M., Bliley A., Perino B. & Keough V. (1998) Recovery patterns and lifestyle changes after coronary angioplasty: the patient's perspective. Heart and Lung 27, 253-262.
54. Hagan N., Botti M.A. & Watts R. (2007) Financial, family and social factors impacting on cardiac rehabilitation attendance. Heart and Lung 36, 105-113.
55. Hankivsky O., Reid C., Cormier R., Varcoe C., Clark N., Benoit C. & Brotman S. (2010) Exploring the promises of intersectionality for advancing women's health research. International Journal of Equity in Health 9, 5. doi. 10.1186/1475-9276-9-5.
56. Higgins M., Dunn S. & Theobald K. (2000) The patients' perception of recovery after coronary angioplasty. Australian Critical Care 13, 83-88.
57. Hird C., Upton C. & Chesson R. (2004) 'Getting back to normal': patients' expectations of cardiac rehabilitation. Physiotherapy 90, 125-131.
58. Hutton J. & Perkins S. (2008) A qualitative study of men's experience of myocardial infarction. Psychology, Health and Medicine 13, 87-97.
59. Jackson L., Leclerc J. & Erskine Y. (2005) Getting the most out of cardiac rehabilitation: a review of referral and adherence predictors. Heart 91, 10-14.
60. Jackson A.M., McKinstry B., Gregory S., Stone J., Kovacs A. & Doherty S. (2011) The influence of significant others upon participation in cardiac rehabilitation and coronary heart disease self-help groups. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation 18, 450-461.
61. Johnson J.L. & Repta R. (2012) Sex and gender: beyond the binaries. In Designing and Conducting Gender, Sex and Health Research (Oliffe J.L. & Greaves L., eds), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 17-37.
62. Jones M., Jolly K., Raftery J., Lip G.Y. & Greenfield S. (2007) BRUM Steering Committee. 'DNA' may not mean 'did not participate': a qualitative study of reasons for non-adherence at home- and centre-based cardiac rehabilitation. Family Practice 24, 343-357.
63. Karner A., Tingstrom P., Abrandt-Dahlgren M. & Bergdahl B. (2005) Incentives for lifestyle changes in patients with coronary heart disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing 51, 261-275.
64. Keaton K. & Pierce L. (2000) Cardiac therapy for men with coronary artery disease. The lived experience. Journal of Holistic Nursing 18, 63-85.
65. King K., Sanguins J., McGregor L. & LeBlanc P. (2007) First Nations people's challenge in managing coronary artery disease risk. Qualitative Health Research 17, 1074-1087.
66. Kristofferzon M.L., Lofmark R. & Carlsson M. (2007) Striving for balance in daily life: experiences of Swedish women and men shortly after a myocardial infarction. Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 391-401.
67. LaCharity L. (1997) The experiences of postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. Western Journal of Nursing Research 19, 583-607.
68. Leung Y.W., Grewal K., Stewart D.E. & Grace S.L. (2008) Gender differences in motivations and perceived effects of Mind-Body Therapy (MBT) practice and views on integrative cardiac rehabilitation among acute coronary syndrome patients: why do women use MBT? Complementary Therapies in Medicine 16, 311-317.
69. Lewin S., Glenton C. & Oxman A. (2009) Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study. British Medical Journal 339, b3496.
70. Lisk C. & Grau L. (1999) Perceptions of women living with coronary heart disease: a pilot investigation. Women and Health 29, 31-46.
71. Little A. & Lewis K. (2006) Influences on long-term exercise adherence in older patients with cardiac disease. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation 13, 543-550.
72. Lorber J. (2006) Shifting paradigms and challenging categories. Social Problems 53, 448-453.
73. Lorber J. (2010) Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics. Oxford University Press, New York.
74. MacInnes J. (2005) The illness perceptions of women following acute myocardial infarction: implications for behaviour change and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. Women and Health 42, 105-121.
75. Madden M., Furze G. & Lewin R.J. (2011) Complexities of patient choice in cardiac rehabilitation: qualitative findings. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67, 540-549.
76. Malpass A., Shaw A., Sharp D., Walter F., Feder G., Ridd M. & Kessler D. (2009) 'Medication career' or 'Moral career'? The two sides of managing antidepressants: a meta-ethnography of patients' experience of antidepressants. Social Science and Medicine 68, 154-168.
77. Marzolini S., Brooks D. & Oh P.I. (2008) Sex differences in completion of a 12-month cardiac rehabilitation programme: an analysis of 5922 women and men. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation 15, 698-703.
78. McCorry N.K., Corrigan M., Tully M.A., Dempster M., Downey B. & Cupples M.E. (2009) Perceptions of exercise among people who have not attended cardiac rehabilitation following myocardial infarction. Journal of Health Psychology 14, 924-932.
79. McIntyre D., Thiede M. & Birch S. (2009) Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries. Health Economics, Policy and Law 4, 179-193.
80. McSweeney J. & Coon S. (2004) Women's inhibitors and facilitators associated with making behavioral changes after myocardial infarction. MEDSURG Nursing 13, 49-56.
81. McSweeney J. & Crane P. (2001) An act of courage: women's decision-making processes regarding outpatient cardiac rehabilitation attendance. Rehabilitation Nursing 26, 132-140.
82. Moore S. (1996) Women's views of cardiac rehabilitation programmes. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 16, 123-129.
83. National Health Services Learning and & Development (2007) Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) and Evidence-based Practice: CASP qualitative appraisal tool. Retrieved from http://www.casp-uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CASP_Qualitative_Appraisal_Checklist_14oct10.pdf on 3 November 2008.
84. Neubeck L., Ascanio R., Bauman A., Briffa T., Clark A.M., Freedman B. & Redfern J. (2011) Planning locally relevant Internet programmes for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 10, 213-220.
85. Noblit G. & Hare R. (1988) Meta-ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Data. Sage, London.
86. Norris C. & King K. (2009) A qualitative examination of the factors that influence women's quality of life as they live with coronary artery disease. Western Journal of Nursing Research 31, 513-524.
87. Northrup-Snyder K. (2002) Factors influencing women's enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation: patient and support person perspectives [PhD]. Oregon State University, USA.
88. Noyes J. & Lewin S. (2011) Chapter 6: supplemental Guidance on Selecting a Method of Qualitative Evidence Synthesis and Integrating Qualitative Evidence with Cochrane Intervention Reviews. In Supplementary Guidance for Inclusion of Qualitative Research in Cochrane Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Noyes J., Hannes K., Harden A., Harris J., Lewin S. & Lockwood C., eds), Version 1 (updated August 2011). Cochrane Collaboration Qualitative Methods Group 2011, Retrieved from http://cqrmg.cochrane.org/supplemental-handbook-guidance on 3 November 2008.
89. Odriscoll J., Shave R. & Cushion C.J. (2007) A National Health Service Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation programme: a qualitative analysis of provision. Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 1908-1918.
90. Page M., Jackman K. & Snowden P. (2008) The experiences of patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a qualitative exploration. The World of Critical Care Nursing 6, 79-87.
91. Paterson B.L., Thorne S., Canam C. & Jillings C. (2001) Meta-study of Qualitative Health Research: A Practice Guide to Meta-analysis and Meta-synthesis. Sage Publishers, Thousand Oaks, CA.
92. Pawson R. (2006) Digging for nuggets: how 'bad' research can yield 'good' evidence. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice 9, 127-142.
93. Pullen S.A., Povey R.C. & Grogan S.C. (2009) Deciding to attend cardiac rehabilitation: a female perspective. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation 16, 207-217.
94. Quigley M. (2002) Female coping with cardiac rehabilitation after a cardiac event: a qualitative study. [PhD], University of Rhode Island, USA.
95. Rankin S., Butzlaff A., Carroll D.L. & Reedy I. (2005) Famished for support: recovering elders after cardiac events. Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice 19, 142-149.
96. Read J.G. & Gorman B.K. (2010) Gender and health inequality. Annual Review of Sociology 36, 371-386.
97. Robertson S., Sheikh K. & Moore A. (2010) Embodied masculinities in the context of cardiac rehabilitation. Sociology of Health & Illness 32, 695-710.
98. Rolfe D.E., Sutton E.J., Landry M., Sternberg L. & Price J.A.D. (2010) Women's experiences accessing a women-centered cardiac rehabilitation programme: a qualitative study. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 25, 332-341.
99. Schou L., Jensen B.O., Zwisler A.D. & Wagner L. (2008) Women's experiences with cardiac rehabilitation - participation and non-participation. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research & Clinical Studies 28, 24-28.
100. Sherwood S.A., Povey R.C., Grace S.L., Chadha D. & Varnfield M. (2011) Influences on women's completion of a cardiac rehabilitation programme. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation 18, 266-279.
101. Sloots M., Bartels E.A., Angenot E.L., Geertzen J.H. & Dekker J. (2011) Adapted cardiac rehabilitation programme to improve uptake in patients of Moroccan and Turkish origin in The Netherlands: a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 21, 2823-2831.
102. Suaya J., Shepard D., Normand S., Ades P., Prottas J. & Stason W. (2007) Use of cardiac rehabilitation by Medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery. Circulation 116, 1653-1662.
103. Taylor R., Brown A., Ebrahim S., Jolliffe J., Noorani H. & Rees K. (2004) Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Medicine 116, 682-692.
104. Thiede M. (2005) Information and access to health care: is there a role for trust? Social Science and Medicine 61, 1452-1462.
105. Thiede M. & McIntyre D. (2008) Information, communication and equitable access to health care: a conceptual note. Cadernos de saude publica 24, 1168-1173.
106. Thornhill M. & Stevens J. (1998) Client perceptions of a rural-based cardiac rehabilitation programme: a grounded theory approach. Australian Journal of Rural Health 6, 105-111.
107. Thow M., Rafferty D. & Kelly H. (2008) Exercise motives of long-term phase IV cardiac rehabilitation participants. Physiotherapy 94, 281-285.
108. Tod A., Lacey E.A. & McNeill F. (2002) 'I'm still waiting..': barriers to accessing cardiac rehabilitation services. Journal of Advanced Nursing 40, 421-431.
109. Todaro J.F., Shen B.J., Niaura R., Tilkemeier P.L. & Roberts B.H. (2004) Do men and women achieve similar benefits from cardiac rehabilitation? Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 24, 45-51.
110. Tolmie E.P., Lindsay G.M., Kelly T., Tolson D., Baxter S. & Belcher P.R. (2009) Are older patients' cardiac rehabilitation needs being met? Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 1878-1888.
111. Traywick L. (2006) Explanations for exercise behavior among heart attack survivors. [PhD], University of Kentucky, USA.
112. Traywick L.S. & Schoenberg N.E. (2008) Determinants of exercise among older female heart attack survivors. Journal of Applied Gerontology 27, 52-77.
113. Vishram S., Crosland A., Unsworth J. & Long S. (2007) Engaging women from South Asian communities in cardiac rehabilitation. British Journal of Community Nursing 12, 13-18.
114. Webster R., Thompson D.R. & Mayou R. (2002) The experiences and needs of Gujarati Hindu patients and partners in the first month after a myocardial infarction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 1, 69-76.
115. Webster R., Thompson D.R. & Davidson P.M. (2003) The first 12 weeks following discharge from hospital: the experience of Gujarati South Asian survivors of acute myocardial infarction and their families. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession 15, 288-299.
116. Wingham J., Dalal H.M., Sweeney K.G. & Evans P. (2006) Listening to patients: choice in cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 5, 289-294.
117. Zimmerman M.K. & Legerski E. (2010) The role of governments in health care: implications for women's health and access to care. Women's Health Issues 20, 87-91.