THE EFFECTS OF SECONDARY PREVENTION IN A PATIENT WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD): A LITERATURE REVIEW
Authors: Fernandez Gratsia Victoria 
Published: June 2023

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the most </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">common form</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> of cardiovascular disease and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">Considering that CHD is chronic in nature, adherence to secondary prevention measures is needed to prevent the development of CHD in a worse direction</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> such as disability and disease recurrence.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> This study aimed to review the literature on secondary prevention and its effect on a patient with CHD. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">The s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">earch</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> literature used predefined keywords through several databases, namely Scopus, ProQuest, Science Direct and SAGE Journal. The inclusion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> are articles in full text, written in English, and published within the last five years from 2019 - 2023. The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">exclusions</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> are </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">non-experimental </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">research</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> literature</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">those that do not</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> describe the impact of second prevention. The results show that there are fifteen </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">articles that</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> met the inclusion criteria. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">The s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">econd</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">prevention can be given in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">various </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">ways</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">media</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> can be used according to the patient's needs. This second prevention also </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">provides</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8"> many benefits for quality of life, self-efficacy, knowledge, adherence, self-care, health behavior, lifestyle, life orientation, optimism, physical activity, levels of anxiety and depression in patients controlling cholesterol levels and blood pressure. and reduce the occurrence of complications</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW245614708 BCX8">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW245614708 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}"> </span></p>