Additional Resources

New User/Program Operational Documents

New Program Enrollment Checklist

• Registry Primary Contact Form
• Note: The process of adding new registry users will shift with the launch of the new Registry Platform. Check back around the launch date for more information on how Registry Principal Users will be able to add new users directly to their program rosters in the new system.

Registry Subscription Renewal Instructions

Registry Assessment Tool Compilation

Updated June 2025

These links are provided to assist programs in locating assessment tools for the completion of data fields included in the AACVPR Outpatient Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registries. AACVPR does not hold any rights or licenses to these tools and resources. Any costs for the use of these tools are the responsibility of the participating program. Inclusion of these tools does not constitute endorsement on the part of AACVPR, nor does AACVPR assume any responsibility for the accuracy or validity of these tools. 

Assessment Tools

• AACVPR Stratification Algorithm for Risk of Event (PDF)
• Assessment of Waist Circumference (PDF)
• Resource for Statin Therapy (PDF)
• PR Outcomes Resource Guide/Toolkit (PDF)
  • ​For additional PR assessment tools, AACVPR members can review more from PR Outcomes Resource Guide/Toolkit in AACVPR Central for detailed explanations of recommended tools. 
• Physical Activity for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registry (PDF)
• “Skinfold Anthropometry—The Accurate Method for Fat Free Mass Measurement in COPD” (COPD. 2013; Vol 10: 597-603. doi:10.3109/15412555.2013.781151)    

6-minute Walk Assessment Tools

• "ERS/ATS Technical Standard: Field Walking Tests in Chronic Respiratory Disease" (Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 1428–1446. DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00150314)
• "An Official Systematic Review of the ERS/ATS: Measurement Properties of Field Walking Tests in Chronic Respiratory Disease" (Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 1447–1478 | DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00150414)
• “Validity and Reliability of the North Carolina 6-Minute Cycle Test” (Verrill et al., J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2006; 26: 224-230.)   

Depression and Quality of Life Tools

• Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index – Cardiac
• MacNew (Health-related Quality of Life)
• SF-12 (Version 2) (IQVIA)
• SF-36 (Version 2) (IQVIA)
• Dartmouth COOP [Contact Dartmouth for permissions.] 
• EuroQuol Five Dimension Assessment (EQ-5D-5L)
• Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (PDF)
• Psychological Risk Factor Survey (Delta Psychology Center)
• Beck Depression Inventory-2 (Pearson)
• Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (Pfizer)
• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (GL Assessment)

Heart Failure Assessments

• Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire
• Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire
• NYHA Class (Symptom and Activity Level Assessment)

Dietary Assessments

• Rate Your Plate – Heart
• Picture Your Plate
• VioScreen Clinical (Nutrascreen)
• Diet Habit Survey (order form – Word doc)
• MEDFICTS: Validation
• Block Dietary Fat Screener (NutritionQuest)

Guidelines & Statements

• Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs: 2024 Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (JCRP 2025)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation For Adults with Chronic Respiratory Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2023)
• 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults (Circulation, November 2013) 
• 2013 American Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Recommendations (Diabetes Care 2003; 36: S3. doi:10.2337/dc13-S003)
• AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update (Circulation 2011; 124: 2458 – 2473. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e318235eb4d)