Table 3. – Place of cardiovascular rehabilitation program according to the national average rate of COVID-19 (> or ≤28.3 per 100,000 inhabitants) per Brazilian region and the main impacts of the programs in the first 60 days after the first case of COVID-19 in Brazil.
| Regions of Brazil/Impacts of the pandemic | National average rate of COVID-19 calculated in the 60 days of pandemic | Pearson’s chi-square test | |||||||
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| < = 28.3 per 100,000 inhabitants | > 28.3 per 100,000 inhabitants | ||||||||
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| n | % | n | % | Total (n) | Total (%) | ||||
| Midwest | 2 | 8.7 | 7 | 19.4 | 9 | 15.2 | p = 0.002 | ||
| Northeast | 4 | 17.4 | 4 | 11.1 | 8 | 13.6 | |||
| Southeast | 7 | 30.4 | 23 | 63.9 | 30 | 50.9 | |||
| South | 10 | 43.5 | 2 | 5.6 | 12 | 20.3 | |||
| Total | 23 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 59 | 100 | |||
| Closing of the program | 2 | 8.7 | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 5 | p = 0.09 | ||
| Interruption of the program | 15 | 65.2 | 30 | 83.3 | 45 | 76.3 | |||
| Reduction in the number of sessions | 6 | 26.1 | 2 | 5.6 | 8 | 13.6 | |||
| Normal functioning of the program | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.7 | |||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.4 | |||
| Total | 23 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 59 | 100 | |||
Categorical variables expressed as absolute number (n) and percentage (%). The comparison between groups was analyzed by Pearson’s chi-square test (p< 0.05).