Provider Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation and Referral

Ghisi, G.L.M., & Grace, S.L. (2019). Validation of the Physician Attitudes toward Cardiac Rehabilitation & Referral (PACRR) scale. Heart, Lung & Circulation;28(8):1218-1224.

PACRR Scale (EN)      PACRR Scoring

We welcome requests to administer this scale. Kindly email me (sgrace@yorku.ca).

If you wish to translate the scale to another language: There are best practices for translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation that should be used. I could point you to some resources if requested. Ultimately, I could post your translation to my website as well, giving you credit, in case others wish to use it.

Other PACRR Publications

1. Grace SL, Evindar A, Abramson BL, Stewart DE. Physician management
   preferences for cardiac patients: factors affecting referral to cardiac
   rehabilitation. Can J Cardiol 2004;20:1101–7.
2. Grace SL, Grewal K, Stewart DE. Factors affecting cardiac rehabilitation
   referral by physician specialty. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 2008;28:248–
   52.
3. Grace SL, Gravely-Witte S, Brual J, Monette G, Suskin N, Higginson L,
   et al. Contribution of patient and physician factors to CR referral: a
   prospective multi-level study. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med
   2008;5:653–62.
4. Grace SL, Gravely-Witte S, Brual J, Monette G, Suskin N, Higginson L,
   et al. Contribution of patient and physician factors to cardiac rehabilitation enrollment: a prospective multilevel study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2008;15:548–56.
5. Cuenza LR, Gacrama EN, Tan K, Quito BJ & Ebba E. (2016). Physician factors affecting cardiac rehabilitation referral among cardiac specialists: The Philippine Heart Center CRAVE study. J Clin Prev Cardiol; 5:44-50.