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. 2019 Aug 2;9(8):e026039. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026039

Table 4.

Number and duration of REACH-HF sessions for patients in the intervention arm

REACH-HF
(n=107)
Qualitative interview sample
(n=19)
Number of sessions per participant1; mean (SD), n; [min, max];
 Total sessions
  Overall 5.6 (2.7), 107; [0, 13] 6.5 (2.2), 19; [4, 11]
  Cornwall 6.4 (2.4), 30; [0, 12] 8.0 (2.6), 7; [4, 11]
  Gwent 5.3 (3.0), 23, [0, 12] 6.7 (2.1), 3; [5, 9]
  Birmingham 5.8 (3.3), 27; [0, 13] 6.3 (1.3), 4; [5, 8]
  York 4.6 (1.5), 27 [2, 9] 4.6 (0.5), 5; [4, 5]
 Face-to-face sessions1
  Overall 3.6 (1.4), 107; [0, 7] 3.9 (1.1), 19; [2, 7]
  Cornwall 3.1 (1.0), 30; [0, 5] 3.9 (0.7), 7; [3, 5]
  Gwent 3.9 (1.8), 23; [0, 7] 4.7 (2.1), 3; [3, 7]
  Birmingham 3.6 (1.6), 27; [0, 7] 4.0 (0.8), 4; [3, 5]
  York 3.8 (1.2), 27; [1, 7] 3.6 (1.1), 5; [2, 5]
 Telephone sessions1
  Overall 2.0 (2.1), 107; [0, 9] 2.6 (2.1), 19; [0, 7]
  Cornwall 3.4 (2.0), 30; [0, 8] 4.1 (2.4), 7; [0, 7]
  Gwent 1.4 (1.8), 23; [0, 6] 2.0 (0.0), 3; [2, 2]
  Birmingham 2.1 (2.4), 27; [0, 9] 2.3 (1.7), 4; [0, 4]
  York 0.9 (0.8), 27; [0, 3] 1.0 (0.7), 5; [0, 2]
Duration of sessions (minutes; combined across participants); mean (SD) n, [min, max]
 Face-to-face sessions1
  Overall 70 (28), 380; [15, 170] 72 (32), 75; [20, 170]
  Cornwall 75 (25), 92; [15, 145] 83 (27), 27; [30, 135]
  Gwent 69 (26), 89; [20, 160] 59 (31), 14; [20, 140]
  Birmingham 69 (33), 97; [15, 170] 76 (38), 16; [30, 170]
  York 66 (26), 102; [20, 135] 62 (28), 18; [20, 120]
 Telephone sessions1
  Overall 20 (9), 215; [2, 50] 21 (12), 50; [2, 50]
  Cornwall 21 (10), 102; [5, 50] 23 (12), 30; [5, 50]
  Gwent 14 (8), 32; [2, 33] 14 (12), 6; [2, 33]
  Birmingham 20 (9), 58; [2, 45] 17 (8), 9; [4, 28]
  York 19 (7), 23; [5, 35] 21 (10), 5; [8, 33]

REACH-HF, Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure.