Table 4.
Demography of dedicated Cardiac Rehabilitation Coordinators
| Overall % (n) |
Rural % (n) |
Remote % (n) |
Metropolitan % (n) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health discipline of Coordinator | ||||
| • RN | 18 (6) | 17 (2) | 34 (4) | |
| • RN certified in CR | 3 (1) | 8 (1) | ||
| • Nurse Practitioner | 3 (1) | 8 (1) | ||
| • Physiotherapist | 67 (23) | 100 (10) | 83 (10) | 25 (3) |
| • Exercise Physiologist | 6 (2) | 17 (2) | ||
| • Health Promotion officer | 3 (1) | 8 (1) | ||
| Full time equivalent in CR role | ||||
| • ≤0.8 (range 0.2-0.8) | 79 (27) | 100 (10) | 100 (12) | 42 (5) |
| • 1.0 | 21 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 58 (7) |
| Months in position | Months | Months | Months | Months |
| • mean ± SD | 52.8 ± 67.7 | 65.1 ± 97.2 | 48.5 ± 58.7 | 47.8 ± 53.4 |
| • Range (min-max) | 1.0 - 276 | 3.0 - 276 | 1.0 - 192 | 3.0 – 192 |
Key: RN Registered nurse, CR Cardiac rehabilitation