Table 3.

Characteristics of individual components of exercise training in Australian cardiac rehabilitation services

Characteristic	Mean (SD)		Range	Responding sites, n	Variations reported, n
Duration of programme (weeks)	7.0	(1.7)	3–14*	246	260
Frequency of exercise sessions (days per week)	1.6	(0.8)	1–7	244	257
Total number of exercise sessions in programme	11.3	(5.5)	3–42	244	368
Exercise session duration (min)	55.5	(13.4)	15–120	235	235
Exercise intensity (all converted to Borg scale)	11–13†		10–17	194	194

*One described as ‘patient dependent’ and 10 as ‘ongoing’.

†Reported as the median response category.