Cardiac Bypass for Women

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CARDIAC BYPASS WOMEN (running time = 2:23)

SUGGESTED INTRO: EVEN THOUGH 27 PERCENT OF CARDIAC BYPASS OPERATIONS ARE PERFORMED ON WOMEN, MOST CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE-AGED MEN. THAT'S WHY NURSING PROFESSOR SHIRLEY MOORE IS REDESIGNING PROGRAMS TO MEET WOMEN'S NEEDS. HERE'S A REPORT:

VIDEO [VIDEO CLIPS OF SHIRLEY MOORE'S CARDIAC REHABILITATION TEST GROUP]

VOICEOVER: THE AVERAGE AGE OF A CARDIAC BYPASS PATIENT IS MORE THAN 65 YEARS OLD, AND OF THE 300 THOUSAND CARDIAC BYPASS OPERATIONS PERFORMED EACH YEAR, WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR 27 PERCENT. YET MOST CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR FORTY-FIVE YEAR-OLD MEN, ACCORDING TO SHIRLEY MOORE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NURSING AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. MOORE STUDIED A GROUP OF WOMEN RECOVERING FROM CARDIAC BYPASS SURGERY TO SEE IF THEIR REHABILITATION PROGRAM WAS HELPING. THE THING MOST WOMEN TOLD HER THEY WANTED WAS MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH OTHER PATIENTS AND A FEELING OF PEER GROUP SUPPORT.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

SHIRLEY MOORE

CWRU, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NURSING

(OUTCUE: "... and studying women specifically.") ( :41)

VIDEO [SISTER KELLEY EXERCISING]

VOICEOVER: SISTER MARGARET ANN KELLEY IS RECOVERING FROM TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY, AND EXERCISES IN ONE OF SHIRLEY MOORE'S TEST GROUPS. SHE'S ENCOURAGED BY THE WAY THE PROGRAM WAS ADJUSTED TO MEET HER NEEDS.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

SISTER MARGARET ANN KELLEY

CARDIAC REHABILITATION PATIENT

(OUTCUE: "...that was very reassuring for me.") ( :29)

VIDEO [VIDEO CLIPS OF SHIRLEY MOORE'S CARDIAC REHABILITATION TEST GROUP]

VOICEOVER: MEDICAL STUDIES SHOW THAT CARDIAC BYPASS PATIENTS TEND TO HAVE BETTER RECOVERIES WHEN INVOLVED IN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON DIET, EXERCISE, AND STRESS MANAGEMENT. NOW SHIRLEY MOORE IS BRINGING THESE PROGRAMS MORE IN-LINE WITH WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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