Table 2.
Participant characteristics (n = 106)
| Age (years) | Insurance status | ||
| Mean (SD) | 55 (7.6) | Statutory health insurance | 91 (86%) |
| Range | 30–65 | Private health insurance | 13 (12%) |
| Sex | n.a. | 2 (2%) | |
| Male | 90 (85%) | Diagnosis | |
| Female | 16 (15%) | Myocardial infarction | 54 (51%) |
| Vocational education | CABG | 45 (42%) | |
| No | 4 (4%) | Angina | 7 (7%) |
| Vocational training | 52 (49%) | Duration of disease since diagnosis (months) | |
| Technical school | 23 (22%) | ||
| University/technical college | 21 (20%) | Mean (SD) | 20.6 (47.7) |
| Other/n.a. | 6 (6%) | Range | 0.5–264 |
| Persons in household | NYHA classification | ||
| Mean (SD) | 2,7 (1,2) | class I | 88 (83%) |
| Range | 1–6 | class II | 10 (9%) |
| Employment status | class III | 3 (3%) | |
| Full time | 66 (62%) | class IV | 0 |
| Less than full time | 4 (9%) | n.a. | 5(5%) |
| Unemployed | 3 (3%) | Self-rated health 3 months after rehabilitation (VAS) | |
| Early retirement | 9 (8%) | ||
| Regular retirement | 16 (15%) | Mean (SD) | 78.6 (15.8) |
| Other/n.a. | 1 (1%) | Range | 30–100 |
NYHA, New York Heart Association range: class I = light limitations, class IV = inability; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; n.a., not available; VAS, visual analogue scale; range: 0 (= worst) to 100 (= best).