Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (C-ReCaRe)

Calculates C-ReCaRe total score and four subscales.

For each statement, choose how strongly you agree or disagree.

1. Perceived severity and susceptibility

1. I believe all my ACS patients need cardiac rehabilitation to manage their condition

2. I believe that my cardiac patients with comorbidities need cardiac rehabilitation

3. Acute coronary syndrome is a serious condition

4. The condition of my ACS patients would be worse if cardiac rehabilitation is not used

5. I believe that my current practices of recommending patients to cardiac rehabilitation will prevent disease progression in most of my patients

6. My current use of recommendation to cardiac rehabilitation is appropriate

7. All angioplasty and coronary artery by-pass graft (CABG) patients should be referred to cardiac rehabilitation

2. Perceived service accessibility

8. I don't recommend my patients to cardiac rehabilitation because there are no services available locally

9. I don't recommend my patients to cardiac rehabilitation because our local program is not run very well

10. I don't recommend my patients to cardiac rehabilitation because I don't trust the team who runs our local program

3. Perceived benefits

11. I believe that the management of heart disease can be improved with cardiac rehabilitation

12. I believe that good cardiac rehabilitation will help to manage Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in my patients

13. If I recommended more patients to cardiac rehabilitation, it would be beneficial

4. Perceived barriers and attitudes

14. There are too many systems that need to change for me to alter my current practices of recommending patients to cardiac rehabilitation

15. It is difficult to follow guidelines for the referral to cardiac rehabilitation

16. Cardiac rehabilitation will be effective in preventing further cardiac events in most of my patients

17. I resent other people telling me to refer my patients to cardiac rehabilitation

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Important Notice

This resource is intended for educational purposes only and is intended for US healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals should use independent medical judgment. All decisions regarding patient care must be handled by a healthcare professional and be made based on the unique needs of each patient.