Table 1.
Characteristics of healthcare administrators, cardiac rehabilitation providers, and cardiac patients
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATORS | N = 32 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 20 (62.5%) |
| Highest Educational Attainment | |
| Post-Secondary | 20 (62.5%) |
| Post-Graduate | 12 (37.5%) |
| Professional position | |
| Clinical Director | 13 (40.6%) |
| Manager | 9 (28.1%) |
| General Director | 2 (6.3%) |
| Cardiology Coordinator | 2 (6.3%) |
| Other | 6 (18.7%) |
| Cardiac rehabilitation providers | N = 16 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 10 (61.5%) |
| Highest Educational Attainment | |
| Post-Graduate | 16 (100.0%) |
| Healthcare Profession | |
| Physiotherapist | 7 (43.7%) |
| Physician | 3 (18.7%) |
| Exercise specialist | 3 (18.7%) |
| Dietitian | 1 (6.3%) |
| Nurse | 1 (6.3%) |
| Other | 1 (6.3%) |
| CARDIAC PATIENTS | N = 805 |
| Sociodemographic | |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 62.85 ± 12.42 |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 442 (54.9%) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 121 (15.0%) |
| Married | 488 (60.6%) |
| Divorced | 79 (9.8%) |
| Widowed | 117 (14.5%) |
| Highest Educational Level | |
| Elementary School | 447 (55.7%) |
| High School | 198 (24.7%) |
| Post-Secondary | 138 (17.2%) |
| Post-Graduate | 20 (2.5%) |
| Clinicala | |
| Cardiac History | |
| Coronary Artery Disease | 500 (61.4%) |
| Myocardial Infarction | 337 (41.4%) |
| Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | 267 (32.8%) |
| Heart Failure | 92 (11.3%) |
| Arrhythmia | 181 (22.5%) |
| Valve Disorder | 83 (10.3%) |
| Risk Factors | |
| Hypertension | 646 (79.4%) |
| Dyslipidemia | 410 (50.4%) |
| Smoking history | 410 (50.4%) |
| Diabetes | 233 (28.6%) |
| Cardiac rehabilitation (enrollees) | n = 305 |
| Wait time in months (mean ± SD) | 4.03 ± 5.74 |
| Number of missed sessions in last month (mean ± SD) | 1.60 ± 1.82 |
SD standard deviation. a Extracted from medical charts. All other data are self-reported