Table 2.
Cardiac rehabilitation program characteristics
| Author | Design | Setting | Components | Exercise frequency | Completion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aerobic | str | educ | Duration (min) |
Frequency (sessions per week) |
Length (weeks) |
Number entered program |
% completeda |
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| Hubbard et al. 2016 [22, 25] | RCT | cancer/cardiac | X | X | X | site 1: 50 site 2: 55 site 3: 50 |
site 1: 1 site 2: 2 site 3: 2 |
site 1: 10 site 2: 12 site 3: 6 |
21b | 62% |
| De Jesus et al. 2017 [21] | QE | cancer/cardiac | X | 45 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 45% | ||
| Dittus et al. 2015 [26] | QE | cancer only | X | X | X | 50 | 2 | 12 | 221c | 74% |
| Hubbard et al. 2018 [23] | QE | cancer/cardiac | X | X | 60 | 1 | 12 | 3d | 67% | |
| Rothe et al. 2018 [29] | QE | NR | X | X | X | NR | 1 | 8 | 45 | 67% |
| Young-McCaughan et al. 2003 [28] | QE | cancer only | X | X | NR | 2 | 12 | 62 | 74% | |
| Bonsignore et al. 2018 [20] | RC | cancer/cardiac | X | X | X | 60 | 1 | 26 | 27e | NA |
| Dolan et al. 2018 [27] | RC | cancer only | X | X | X | NR | 1 | 22 | 152 | NA |
| Morris et al. 2009 [24] | RC | cancer/cardiac | X | X | NR | 2 to 3 | 8 to 12 | 30 | NA | |
Percent that completed cardiac rehabilitation programs is the number of participants that finished the entire program out of the number that started the rehabilitation program.
out of 40 participants enrolled, 21 were randomized to attend cardiac rehabilitation
out of 280 participants that were evaluated, 221 started the rehabilitation program
out of 20 participants enrolled, 3 picked the cardiac rehabilitation option
for cancer participants only and does not include the control cardiac patients
Abbreviations: Educ=education, NR=not reported, QE=quasi-experimental, RC=retrospective cohort, RCT=randomized control trial, Str=strength, NA= 3 retrospective studies selected only patients that completed the cardiac rehabilitation program