Abstract
The clinical benefits of rehabilitation in cardiovascular disease are well established. Among cardiovascular disease patients, however, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus require a distinct approach. Specific challenges to clinicians and healthcare professionals in patients with type 2 diabetes include the prevalence of peripheral and autonomic neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, but also the intake of glucose-lowering medication. In addition, the psychosocial wellbeing, driving ability and/or occupational status can be affected by type 2 diabetes. As a result, the target parameters of cardiovascular rehabilitation and the characteristics of the cardiovascular rehabilitation programme in patients with type 2 diabetes often require significant reconsideration and a multidisciplinary approach. This review explains how to deal with diabetes-associated comorbidities in the intake screening of patients with type 2 diabetes entering a cardiovascular rehabilitation programme. Furthermore, we discuss diabetes-specific target parameters and characteristics of cardiovascular rehabilitation programmes for patients with type 2 diabetes in a multidisciplinary context, including the implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-144 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2_suppl |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Automobile Driving
- Blood Glucose/analysis
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Comorbidity
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
- Diet
- Exercise
- Exercise Test
- Exercise Tolerance
- Health Behavior
- Humans
- Hypertension/complications
- Lipids/blood
- Mental Health Services
- Overweight/complications
- Patient Education as Topic
- Patient Participation
- Physical Examination
- Return to Work
- Risk Factors
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes/complications
- exercise
- cardiovascular rehabilitation
- intake screening
- Diabetes