Correlates of exercise among coronary heart disease patients: review, implications and future directions.

Despite the well-documented benefits of exercise, adherence among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) has been low during and after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) as well as among patients not attending CR. Therefore, an understanding of the factors that influence exercise in this population is crucial to assist in the development of effective interventions. The goal of this review was to document the correlates of exercise of CHD patients in all CR contexts from a social-ecological perspective that addresses multiple levels of influence on exercise.

Visual field and optic disc progression in patients with different types of optic disc damage: a longitudinal prospective study.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of visual field and optic disc progression in glaucoma patients with distinct patterns of optic disc damage.

Design: Prospective, observational case series.

Participants: One hundred five patients with open-angle glaucoma.

Responses of rural family physicians and their colleague and coworker raters to a multi-source feedback process: a pilot study.

Purpose: To describe responses of family physicians, their medical colleagues, and coworker raters to a multisource feedback assessment process.

Method: Data collection tools included multisource feedback self-assessment and medical colleague, coworker, and patient rating forms; and program evaluation physician and rater questionnaires.

Results: The pilot study included 142 physicians and their raters, with 113 (80%) physicians completing evaluations.

Effects of cold-induced vasospasm in glaucoma: the role of endothelin-1.

Purpose: Vasospasm has been associated with glaucoma, but its mechanisms have not been elucidated. The present study was designed to evaluate the role of endothelin (ET)-1, a potent endogenous vasoconstrictor, in the genesis of vasospasm in glaucoma.

Methods: Our sample contained patients with open-angle glaucoma (n = 43) and subjects with normal nonglaucomatous eyes and without acral vasospasm (n = 27).