Table 1.
CR availability by country (N = 111), survey response and COVID-19 burden.
| WHO Region Country | Number of CR programsa | CR density§,a | Number of survey responses (%) | Mean date of survey completion (DD/MMM/2020) | COVID cases at mean date of survey completionb | COVID restrictionsc | CR delivery interrupted n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African | |||||||
| Algeria | 1 | 2556 | 1 (100.0%) | 09/Jun | 10,265 | 86.57 | NR |
| Nigeria | 1 | 4480 | 8 (100.0%)* | 15/May | 5,162 | 80.56 | 5 (100.0%) |
| South Africa | 23 | 52 | 1 (4.3%) | 30/Apr | 5,350 | 87.96 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Subtotal | 25 | – | 10 (40.0%) | – | – | – | 6 (100.0%) |
| Americas | |||||||
| Argentina | 23 | 3 | 1 (4.3%) | 26/Apr | 3,767 | 98.15 | NR |
| Barbados | 1 | 13 | 2 (100.0%)* | 14/May | 85 | 81.48 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Brazil | 75 | 98 | 27 (36.0%) | 11/May | 162,699 | 81.02 | 19 (100.0%) |
| Canada | 170 | 2 | 39 (22.9%) | 12/May | 69,981 | 70.83 | 18 (64.3%) |
| Chile | 10 | 23 | 12 (100.0%)* | 24/May | 65,393 | 78.24 | 10 (90.9%) |
| Colombia | 50 | 4 | 16 (32.0%) | 29/Apr | 5,949 | 90.74 | 12 (92.3%) |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 12 | 9 (100.0%)* | 04/May | 739 | 72.22 | 3 (60.0%) |
| Cuba | 8 | 35 | 1 (12.5%) | 25/Apr | 1,285 | 83.33 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Ecuador | 5 | 29 | 1 (20.0%) | 11/May | 19,559 | 86.11 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Honduras | 2 | 274 | 3 (100.0%)* | 08/May | 1,685 | 100.0 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Mexico | 59 | 27 | 4 (6.8%) | 04/May | 23,471 | 82.41 | 4 (100.0%) |
| Paraguay | 3 | 25 | 3 (100.0%) | 20/May | 829 | 94.44 | 2 (100.0%) |
| Peru | 10 | 20 | 2 (20.0%) | 11/May | 67,307 | 92.59 | 2 (100.0%) |
| USA | 2685† | 3 | 414 (15.4%) | 23/May | 1,60 million | 72.69 | 238 (85.0%) |
| Uruguay | 12 | 4 | 1 (8.3%) | 20/May | 738 | 61.11 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Subtotal | 3084 | – | 535 (17.3%) | – | – | – | 312 (84.6%) |
| Eastern Mediterranean | |||||||
| Bahrain | 1 | 8 | 2 (100.0%)* | 19/May | 7,184 | 75.00 | 2 (100.0%) |
| Iran | 34 | 15 | 5 (14.7%) | 30/Apr | 93,657 | 56.48 | 3 (75.0%) |
| Kuwait | 1 | 31 | 1 (100.0%) | 01/Jun | 27,043 | 84.26 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Morocco | 1 | 635 | 1 (100.0%) | 08/May | 5,548 | 93.52 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Pakistan | 4 | 104 | 1 (25.0%) | 27/Apr | 13,328 | 89.81 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Qatar | 1 | 37 | 1 (100.0%) | 07/Jun | 67,195 | 83.33 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 335 | 2 (100.0%)* | 26/May | 74,795 | 91.67 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Tunisia | 1 | 335 | 1 (100.0%) | 24/Apr | 918 | 90.74 | NR |
| Subtotal | 44 | – | 14 (31.8%) | – | – | – | 9 (81.8%) |
| Europe | |||||||
| Austria | 7† | 6 | 7 (100.0%) | 28/Apr | 15,256 | 78.70 | 7 (100.0%) |
| Belarus | 5 | 59 | 1 (20.0%) | 06/Jun | 46,868 | 13.89 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 10 | 1 (100.0%) | 09/May | 2,070 | 90.74 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Croatia | 3 | 9 | 3 (100.0%) | 15/May | 2,221 | 70.37 | 3 (100.0%) |
| Czech Republic | 15 | 22 | 3 (20.0%) | 10/May | 8,095 | 54.63 | 2 (66.7%) |
| Denmark | 35 | 3 | 1 (2.9%) | 08/Jun | 11,948 | 62.96 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Estonia | 2 | 37 | 2 (100.0%) | 06/May | 1,711 | 75.00 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Finland | 25 | 11 | 1 (4.0%) | 27/Apr | 4,576 | 57.41 | 1 (100.0%) |
| France | 130 | 4 | 22 (16.9%) | 09/Jun | 154,188 | 65.74 | 3 (60.0%) |
| Georgia | 17 | 2 | 7 (41.2%) | 06/May | 604 | 96.30 | 5 (83.3%) |
| Greece | 4 | 153 | 1 (25.0%) | 26/Apr | 2,506 | 84.26 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Hungary | 33 | 4 | 12 (36.4%) | 11/May | 3,284 | 62.96 | 7 (77.8%) |
| Ireland | 37 | 1 | 33 (89.2%) | 08/May | 22,385 | 90.74 | 27 (96.4%) |
| Israel | 22 | 1 | 2 (9.1%) | 02/May | 16,101 | 84.26 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Italy | 221 | 5 | 12 (5.4%) | 05/May | 211,938 | 62.96 | 7 (87.5%) |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1 | 1 (4.0%) | 29/Apr | 1,344 | 77.78 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Malta | 1 | 2 | 1 (100.0%) | 28/Apr | 450 | NR | 1 (100.0%) |
| Moldova | 1 | 53 | 2 (100.0%)* | 09/Jun | 9,807 | 80.56 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Netherlands | 90 | 2 | 2 (2.2%) | 29/Apr | 38,416 | 79.63 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Norway | 35 | 41 | 2 (5.7%) | 10/May | 8,069 | 64.81 | 2 (100.0%) |
| Portugal | 23 | 16 | 3 (13.0%) | 03/May | 25,190 | 87.96 | 3 (100.0%) |
| Romania | 3 | 17 | 1 (33.3%) | 26/Apr | 10,635 | 87.04 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Serbia | 2 | 13 | 3 (100.0%)* | 13/May | 10,243 | 93.52 | 2 (100.0%) |
| Slovak Republic | 7 | 21 | 1 (14.3%) | 10/May | 1,455 | 73.15 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Slovenia | 2 | 37 | 3 (100.0%)* | 14/May | 1,464 | 53.24 | 2 (100.0%) |
| Spain | 87 | 17 | 5 (5.7%) | 02/May | 217,804 | 85.19 | 4 (100.0%) |
| Sweden | 69 | 5 | 38 (55.1%) | 28/May | 35,088 | 46.30 | 13 (68.4%) |
| Turkey | 10 | 97 | 3 (30.0%) | 01/May | 120,204 | 75.93 | 3 (100.0%) |
| United Kingdom (includes Guernsey) | 365 | – | 59 (16.2%) | 08/May | 206,715 | 75.93 | 20 (48.8%) |
| England | 266 | 2 | 41 (15.4%) | 10/May | 138,759 | – | – |
| Guernsey | NR | NR | 1 (NR) | 28/Apr | 247 | – | – |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 3 | 2 (15.4%) | 27/Apr | 3,374 | – | – |
| Scotland | 69 | 1 | 9 (13.0%) | 12/May | 13,763 | – | – |
| Wales | 17 | 2 | 6 (35.3%) | 30/Apr | 10,362 | – | – |
| Subtotal | 1642 | – | 232 (14.1%) | – | – | – | 120 (75.9%) |
| South-East Asian | |||||||
| Bangladesh | 1 | 2046 | 1 (100.0%) | 15/May | 18,863 | 89.81 | 0 (0.0%) |
| India | 23 | 360 | 44 (100.0%)* | 21/May | 112,359 | 79.17 | 19 (90.5%) |
| Indonesia | 13 | 51 | 4 (30.8%) | 01/May | 10,118 | 80.09 | 3 (75.0%) |
| Nepal | 1 | 22 | 2 (100.0%)* | 05/Jun | 2,634 | 92.59 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Thailand | 5 | 200 | 2 (40.0%) | 06/Jun | 3,104 | 57.41 | 1 (100.0%) |
| Subtotal | 43 | – | 53 (100.0%) | – | – | – | 24 (85.7%) |
| Western Pacific | |||||||
| Australia | 314 | 1 | 69 (22.0%) | 07/May | 6,875 | 69.44 | 30 (53.6%) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2 | 3 | 1 (50.0%) | 22/May | 141 | 52.78 | 1 (100.0%) |
| China | 216 | 44 | 53 (24.5%) | 03/Jun | 84,159 | 78.24 | 25 (48.1%) |
| Japan | 325 | 5 | 1 (0.3%) | 31/May | 16,851 | 31.48 | NR |
| Malaysia | 6 | 58 | 5 (83.3%) | 14/May | 6,779 | 69.44 | 3 (100.0%) |
| New Zealand | 43 | 2 | 27 (62.8%) | 14/May | 1,147 | 36.11 | 20 (87.0%) |
| Philippines | 10 | 39 | 9 (90.0%) | 11/May | 10,794 | 96.30 | 8 (100.0%) |
| Singapore | 7 | 5 | 8 (100.0%)* | 05/May | 18,778 | 85.19 | 4 (100.0%) |
| South Korea | 17 | 22 | 8 (47.1%) | 13/May | 10,962 | 43.52 | 0 (0.0%) |
| Taiwan | 35 | 7 | 19 (54.3%) | 05/May | 438 | 27.78 | 2 (16.7%) |
| Subtotal | 975 | – | 200 (20.5%) | – | – | – | 93 (56.4%) |
| Total | 5813 | – | 1044 (18.0%)‡ | 18/May° | 4.68 million | – | 570 (76.2%) |
Note: Valid frequency and percentage shown.
NR, not reported; USA, United States of America; CR, cardiac rehabilitation; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
– not applicable.
a As per ICCPR’s Global CR Audit [26].
b Information retrieved from the website https://ourworldindata.org/.
c Government Response Stringency Index ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 = strictest responses.
* Number of respondents surpassed the number of CR programs previously identified.
† Received updated information regarding number of programs in country since ICCPR’s global audit.
§ Represents number of CR spots available per year per incident ischemic heart disease patient (higher numbers represent worse density; i.e., 1 CR ‘spot’ per n patients).
‡ 16 respondents did not identify which country they are from.
° Average date of survey completion.