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. 2026 Mar 5;25:451. doi: 10.1186/s12912-026-04512-3

Table 2.

Tailored personas decision-making cognition in CR among elderly post- CABG patients’ caregivers

Name Proactive caregivers Support-dependent caregivers Resource-constrained caregivers Decision-making difficult caregivers
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Individuals C2、C4、C5、C6、C12、C16、C18、C24 C8、C11、C13、C17、C19、C20、C21、C23 C3、C7、C15、C22 C1、C9、C10、C14
Gender and age

3 men and 5 women

Aged 38ཞ61

2 men and 6 women

Aged 40ཞ71

2 men and 2 women

Aged 59ཞ68

2 men and 2 women

Aged 57ཞ65

Residential address

City: 7 peoples

Village: 1 people

City: 5 peoples

Town: 2 peoples

Town: 2 peoples

Village: 2 peoples

City: 3 peoples

Village: 1 people

Employment status

Employed: 6 peoples

Farmer: 1 people

Retired: 1people

Employed: 5 peoples Self-employed: 1 people Retired: 2 peoples

Farmer: 2 peoples

Retired: 2 peoples

Self-employed: 1 people

Farmer: 1 people

Retired: 2 peoples

Care duration 1ཞ10 months 4 daysཞ12 months 3 daysཞ3 months 4 daysཞ4 months
Decision-making cognition Have a relatively in-depth understanding of cardiac rehabilitation; Actively participate in rehabilitation decision-making Have a general understanding of cardiac rehabilitation; Rely highly on professionals to make decisions Have a certain understanding of cardiac rehabilitation; Prioritize programme implementability in decision-making. Vague understanding of cardiac rehabilitation; Contradictions are prone to arise in decision-making.
Psychological state Strong psychological resilience, high self-efficacy, and a positive attitude towards various challenges. Low self-efficacy, strong dependence on others, and often experience autonomy anxiety. Self-efficacy is easily suppressed by reality, leading to anxiety and often leaving one in a state of fatigue and powerlessness. Low self-efficacy, high psychological anxiety, and emotions swinging between excessive worry and avoidance.
Behavioral characteristics

Strong initiative;

Strong compliance;

Strong adjustment ability;

Low initiative;

Strong dependence;

Weak adjustment ability;

Low initiative;

Good compliance; Decision-making constraints;

Low initiative;

Poor judgment ability; Decisions are prone to change;

Social support Families, medical staff and others can provide diversified and high-quality social support. Rely on the support provided by professional medical staff and be skeptical of non-authoritative help. Social support is limited, mainly coming from family and friends. Aid is usually unsustainable and there is less utilization of institutions. It has a wide but inefficient support network and lacks substantive decision assistance.
Resource requirements Individualized decision support system to optimize the quality of rehabilitation decisions. Professional guidance is needed to fully understand cardiac rehabilitation and improve one’s own judgment ability. Authoritative knowledge acquisition channels are needed, as well as sustainable rehabilitation guidance. Decision support tools help make decisions while requiring comprehensive guidance from multiple disciplines.
Economic status Better Moderate Pool Moderate