Table 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| N | n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Sex | Male | 194 | 140 | 72.2 |
| Female | 53 | 27.3 | ||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| Country of birth | Australia | 194 | 138 | 71.1 |
| Outside Australia | 56 | 28.9 | ||
| Marital status | Married/living with partner | 194 | 137 | 70.6 |
| Divorced/separated | 26 | 13.4 | ||
| Widowed | 15 | 7.7 | ||
| Never married | 16 | 8.2 | ||
| Education | Primary | 193 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Secondary | 83 | 43.0 | ||
| Trade or certificate | 55 | 28.5 | ||
| University degree/post-graduate | 52 | 26.9 | ||
| Employment status | In workforce | 194 | 98 | 50.5 |
| Not in workforce | 96 | 49.5 | ||
| Psychosocial characteristics | ||||
| Lives alone | 189 | 43 | 22.8 | |
| Recent bereavement | 179 | 43 | 24.0 | |
| Financial strain | 179 | 73 | 40.8 | |
| Mental health history | 194 | 64 | 33.0 | |
| Medical characteristics | ||||
| Event type | Acute myocardial infarction | 194 | 102 | 52.6 |
| Coronary artery bypass graft surgery | 74 | 38.1 | ||
| Percutaneous coronary intervention | 57 | 29.4 | ||
| Other | 41 | 21.1 | ||
| Attended cardiac rehabilitation | 180 | 80 | 44.4 | |
| Significant co-morbidity | 194 | 113 | 58.2 |
N = 179–194 with variations due to incompletion of some questionnaires. Recent bereavement = having lost of relative or friend in the past 12 months. Financial strain = reports of moderate, considerable, or extreme financial strain. “Other” event type includes valve issues (n = 21), heart rhythm disturbance (n = 15), SCAD (n = 6), and cardiac arrest (n = 6).