Table 1 |
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| Characteristics of CR enrollees, and relation of clinical characteristics to ideal wait time (N = 163) | ||||
| Characteristic | n (%) | Perceived wait time from hospital discharge to CR, in days (Mean ± SD) | Ideal wait time, in days (Mean ± SD) | Association between indication and ideal wait time†, t |
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | ||||
| Males (%) | 128 (78.5) | - | - | - |
| Age (mean yrs ± SD) | 62.8 ± 11.3 | - | - | - |
| Caucasian (%) | 122 (80.3) | - | - | - |
| Retired (%) | 66 (43.4) | - | - | - |
| Income (% ≥ $50,000 CDN) | 53 (42.1) | - | - | - |
| Indication / Previous Cardiovascular History* | ||||
| Percutaneous coronary intervention (%) | 50 (33.3) | 58.8 ± 55.8 | 26.4 ± 17.8 | −2.66§§ |
| Myocardial infarction (%) | 49 (32.7) | 60.7 ± 46.6 | 36.7 ± 27.7 | 1.1 |
| Angina (%) | 34 (22.7) | 79.1 ± 116.4 | 27.5 ± 20.8 | −1.83 |
| Coronary artery bypass graft (%) | 37 (24.7) | 61.8 ± 31.9 | 46.9 ± 23.4 | 4.05§§§ |
| Arrhythmia /pacemaker (%) | 16 (10.7) | 85.9 ± 67.4 | 50.9 ± 21.7 | 2.57§ |
| Stroke (%) | 14 (9.3) | 70.6 ± 57.4 | 22.3 ± 20.5 | −1.71 |
| Heart failure (%) | 8 (5.3) | 210.6 ± 240.7 | 38.0 ± 28.0 | 0.49 |
*Note: participants were asked to self-report all previous events and procedures from those listed.
§p<0.05;§§p<0.01;§§§p<0.001.
†Compared ideal wait time to presence or absence of each listed indication using t-tests.
CR = cardiac rehabilitation.
Grace et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:259 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-259
