Exercise Trajectories of Women from Entry to a 6-Month Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to One Year after Discharge
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants.
Variable
CHRC
CHRP
Age
Mean (SD)
63.09 (10.96)
63.00 (11.13)
63.54 (10.23)
Range
32–84
32–84
44–81
Marital status, N (%)
Married
118 (58.1)
99 (58.9)
19 (54.3)
Nonmarried, living with partner
12 (5.9)
8 (4.76)
3 (8.57)
Partner, not cohabiting
1
0 (0)
1 (2.9)
Divorced/Separated
30 (14.8)
4 (2.4)
2 (5.7)
Widowed
37 (18.2)
27 (16.1)
3 (8.6)
Single
6 (3.0)
30 (17.9)
7 (20.0)
Living arrangements, N (%)
With others
155 (76.4)
128 (76.2)
27 (77.1)
Alone
48 (23.6)
40 (23.8)
8 (22.9)
Education level, N (%)
Did not complete high school
43 (21.2)
34 (20.2)
9 (25.7)
Completed high school
59 (29.1)
49 (29.2)
10 (28.6)
Some college or university
29 (14.3)
25 (14.9)
4 (11.4)
Completed college or university
33 (16.3)
28 (16.7)
5 (14.3)
Complete some or all graduate/professional school
39 (19.2)
32 (19.0)
7 (20.0)
Employment status, N (%)
Full-time
27 (13.3)
22 (13.1)
5 (14.3)
Part-time
25 (12.3)
21 (12.5)
4 (11.4)
Unemployed
14 (6.9)
8 (4.8)
6 (17.1)
Retired
112 (55.2)
96 (57.1)
16 (45.7)
Leave of absence
5 (2.5)
4 (2.4)
1 (2.9)
Other
20 (9.9)
17 (10.1)
3 (8.6)
Referral event, N (%)
Myocardial infarction
24 (11.8)
18 (10.7)
6 (17.1)
CABG
69 (34.0)
62 (36.9)
7 (20.0)
Valve replacement
4 (2.0)
2 (1.2)
2 (5.7)
PCI
97 (47.8)
80 (47.6)
17 (48.6)
CHF
1 (0.5)
1 (0.6)
0 (0)
Risk management
8 (3.9)
5 (3.0)
3 (8.6)
Hypertension, N (%)
Yes
142 (70.0)
122 (72.6)
20 (57.1)
No
58 (28.6)
43 (25.6)
15 (42.9)
Unknown
3 (1.5)
2 (1.2)
0 (0)
Dyslipidemia, N (%)
Yes
156 (76.8)
131 (78.0)
25 (71.4)
No
44 (21.7)
35 (20.8)
9 (25.7)
Unknown
3 (1.5)
2 (1.2)
1 (2.9)
Diabetes, N (%)
Type I
3 (1.5)
3 (1.8)
0 (0)
Type II
53 (26.1)
45 (26.8)
8 (22.9)
No
147 (72.4)
120 (71.4)
27 (77.1)
Smoking status, N (%)
Never
71 (35.0)
60 (35.7)
11 (31.4)
Current
26 (12.8)
19 (11.3)
7 (20.0)
Quit
104 (51.2)
88 (52.4)
16 (45.7)
Unknown
2 (1.0)
1 (0.6)
0 (0)
Note. SD: standard deviation. CHRC: Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Centre (Hamilton Health Sciences). CHRP: Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Program (Niagara Health Services). CABG: coronary artery bypass graft. PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention. CHF: congestive heart failure. Scores for continuous variables are represented by means and standard deviations. Scores for categorical variables are represented by percentages. No significant differences were found between sites .
