Date: November 12, 2007 (Monday)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00 (sandwich lunch from 12:30 –12:45; seminar begins at 12:45)
Venue: Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre, 2/F, William MW Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Abstract:
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation offers an alternative to traditional, hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation.  The aim of this study - a poragmatic randomized controlled trial with patient preference arms - was to compare the clinical effectiveness of both approaches after myocardial infarction and to determine whether patient choice affects clinical outcomes.  Of the 230 patients who agreed to participate, 104 consented to randomization and 126 chose their rehabilitation programme.  At follow-up (nine months) no difference was seen in depression, anxiety, quality of life or cholesterol between the home and hospital-based groups, nor between the preference groups.  It was concluded that home-based cardiac rehabilitation was as effective as hospital-based rehabilitation for patients after myocardial infarction.

Bio-sketch:
David Thompson is Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of Leicester.  Prior to this he was Professor and Director of the Nethersole School of Nursing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Director of the Hong Kong Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing, from June 2002 to May 2007.  From April 1998 until May 2002 he was Foundation Professor of Nursing at the University of York.  From 1994-1998 he was Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull and from 1998-2001 he was also the first Professor of Nursing Research at the Department of Health in the UK, a new post established on a part-time basis to advise the Director of Research and Development.  He is Visiting Professor at the University of London and the University of Queensland.

Professor Thompson has extensive clinical and research experience in the field of cardiac care and rehabilitation.  He has published 350 papers, 40 chapters and 15 books, been awarded research grants in excess of £3 million and served as a member of numerous expert committees and prestigious bodies, including the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council, the British Heart Foundation and the European Society of Cardiology.  He is currently editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.  Professor Thompson has received a number of honours in recognition of his contributions to the art and science of nursing and cardiology, including being elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, in 1992, and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, in 1998.

Registration:
For registration and enquiries, please call Ms Maggie Cheuk at 2819-2841 or email mhrn@hkusua.hku.hk