Table 1.
Characteristics of physical training performed in Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Programs in Minas Gerais by CR phase and type of funding (total n = 9 public and 10 private).
| Phase 2 |
Phase 3 |
Phase 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Private | Public | Private | Public | Private | |
| Number of programs/phase | 6 (66.7%) | 10 (100.0%)* | 7 (77.8%) | 8 (80.0%) | 3 (33.3%) | 9 (90.0%)* |
| Exercise prescriptiona | ||||||
| Borg scale | 6 (100.0%) | 7 (70.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 5 (62.5%) | 3 (100.0%) | 5 (55.5%) |
| Age-predicted rate | 2 (33.3%) | 3 (30.0%) | 3 (42.8%) | 2 (25.0%) | 2 (66.6%) | 2 (22.2%) |
| Direct VO2 max | 0 | 3 (30.0%) | 0 | 3 (37.5%) | 0 | 3 (33.3%) |
| Indirect VO2 max | 4 (66.6%) | 1 (10.0%) | 4 (57.1%) | 0 | 1 (33.3%) | 0 |
| Maximum heart rate | 5 (83.3%) | 7 (70.0%) | 5 (71.4%) | 7 (87.5%) | 3 (100.0%) | 7 (77.7%) |
| Reserve heart rate | 3 (50.0%) | 3 (30.0%) | 5 (71.4%) | 2 (25.0%) | 0 | 1 (11.1%) |
| MET | 2 (33.3%) | 1 (10.0%) | 1 (14.2%) | 1 (12.5%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 1 (10.0%) | 0 | 1 (12.5%) | 0 | 1 (11.1%) |
| Exercise monitoringb | ||||||
| Borg scale | 6 (100.0%) | 7 (70.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 5 (62.5%) | 3 (100.0%) | 6 (66.6%) |
| Heart rate | 6 (100.0%) | 10 (100.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | 2 (66.6%) | 9 (100.0%)* |
| Supervisor | ||||||
| Physical therapist | 6 (100.0%) | 9 (90.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | 2 (66.6%) | 8 (88.8%)* |
| Physician | 0 | 1 (10.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nurse | 0 | 1 (10.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physical trainer | 0 | 1 (10.0%) | 0 | 1 (12.5%) | 0 | 1 (11.1%) |
| Session/week | ||||||
| 2 | 2 (33.3%) | 3 (30.0%) | – | – | – | – |
| ≥3 | 4 (66.6%) | 7 (70.0%) | – | – | – | – |
| Aerobic exercise | ||||||
| Treadmill | 6 (100.0%) | 9 (90.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | – | – |
| Stationary bike | 6 (100.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | – | – |
| Walking | 5 (83.3%) | 3 (30.0%) | 6 (85.7%) | 4 (50.0%) | – | – |
| Other | 1 (16.6%) | 0 | 1 (14.2%) | 0 | – | – |
| Resistance exercise | ||||||
| Weights or dumbbells | 6 (100.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | – | – |
| Elastic bands | 5 (83.3%) | 10 (100.0%) | 7 (100.0%) | 8 (100.0%) | – | – |
| Equipment | 3 (50.0%) | 4 (40.0%) | 3 (42.8%) | 4 (50.0%) | – | – |
| Other | 0 | 3 (30.0%) | 0 | 3 (37.5%) | – | – |
VO2, oxygen uptake; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; Phase 2 – outpatient individual; Phase 3 – outpatient group; Phase 4 – maintenance. Differences by type of funding – Chi-square test.
*
p < 0.05.
a
These numbers refer to the prescription of exercise intensity or how much each patient would be exercising.
b
These numbers refer to the monitoring of exercise intensity while they are exercising in the CR program.