Participants’ Perspectives of a Primary Exercise-Based Prevention Program for Cardiac Patients: A Prepost Intervention Qualitative Case Study

Table 1

Information on the characteristics of participants. CVD: cardiovascular disease.

Nonmodifiable CVD risk factors	Participant #										Total
	P1	P2	P3	P4	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11
(i) Heredity		x		x	x			x	x	x	6/10
(ii) Age (men ≥50 years, women ≥60 years)		x	x		x						3/10
(iii) Being male	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x			8/10
Modifiable CVD risk factors	P1	P2	P3	P4	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	Total
(i) Smoking					x	x					2/10
(ii) High blood pressure	x		x		x		x	x	x	x	7/10
(iii) Dyslipidemia	x			x			x		x		4/10
(iv) Overweight	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	9/10
(v) Sedentary behavior	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	10/10
(vi) Diet rich in trans and saturated fats, sugar, and sodium	x		x	x	x		x	x	x	x	8/10
(vii) Stress	x		x	x	x			x	x		6/10
Other health problems		x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	8/10
(i) Diabetes			x								1/10
(ii) Myocardial infarctus			x		x						2/10
(iii) Atherosclerosis			x		x					x	3/10
(iv) Coronary artery bypass surgery			x		x						2/10
(v) Kidney problems							x				1/10
(vi) Crohn’s disease						x					1/10
(vii) Myocarditis, viral		x									1/10
(viii) Arrhythmia		x								x	2/10
(ix) Gout problem								x			1/10
(x) Arthritis		x							x		2/10
(xi) Asthma									x		1/10
(xii) Has a job	x		x	x			x	x		x	6/10
(xiii) Work termination (health reasons)					x	x					2/10
(xiv) Retired		x							x		2/10
(xv) Married/common-law partner	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	9/10
(xvi) Separated/divorced/other			x								1/10
(xvii) Medications	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	10/10
(xviii) Body mass index	28.3	26.5	29.7	36.0	26.4	19.7	38.4	37.7	32.8	26.3
(xix) Waist circumference (cm)	100	104	106	116	106.5	86	121	115	114	93
(xx) Fat (%)	25.9	28.7	31.6	30.6	29.7	13.7	39.7	25.7	38.7	39.9

P5: did not return our call for the follow-up interview and was not included in the analysis.