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Table 4 Cardiac specialist and CR program perceptions of CR wait times in calendar days

From: Perceptions of cardiac rehabilitation patients, specialists and rehabilitation programs regarding cardiac rehabilitation wait times

Indication

CCS wait time benchmarks

Specialist responses, N = 71 mean ± SD (median)

CR program responses, N = 92 mean ± SD (median)

 

Preferable

Acceptable

% of patients meeting preferable benchmark

% of patients meeting acceptable benchmark

Perception of appropriate # days wait

% of patients meeting preferable benchmark

% of patients meeting acceptable benchmark

Perception of appropriate # days wait

Perception of feasible # days wait

CABG

21-30

30-60

25.4 ± 25.0 (20)

49.5 ± 31.5 (50)

40.0 ± 20.7 (30)

34.1 ± 36.5 (20)

63.3 ± 32.8 (73)**

30.0 ± 17.2 (30)*

43.4 ± 30.9 (42)†††

Valvular disease

21-30

30-60

25.6 ± 25.6 (20)

46.0 ± 31.6 (50)

40.2 ± 20.2 (30)

34.2 ± 36.5 (20)

64.2 ± 33.6 (75)**

29.2 ± 15.9 (30)**

42.0 ± 31.6 (41)†††

Percutaneous coronary intervention

2-7

7-60

17.7 ± 24.7 (10)

54.4 ±33.4 (60)

20.5 ± 12.6 (14)

21.8 ± 31.3 (7)

68.1 ± 32.6 (75)*

14.7 ± 12.5 (10)*

31.7 ± 35.7 (20)†††

Myocardial infarction

7-30

30-60

34.1 ± 27.7 (30)

54.0 ± 31.8 (50)

28.2 ± 18.0 (30)

37.5 ± 35.3 (30)

58.5 ± 33.1 (60)

20.6 ± 16.1 (17)*

36.0 ± 35.3 (21)†††

Heart failure

7-30

30-60

25.3 ±24.4 (20)

42.0 ± 33.2 (30)

29.0 ± 17.9 (30)

34.8 ± 35.8 (21)

58.9 ± 36.0 (60)*

17.5 ± 13.3 (14)***

30.5 ± 28.5 (22)††

Stable angina

7-30

30-60

30.1 ± 27.9 (20)

43.5 ± 32.9 (40)

34.2 ± 20.7 (30)

39.9 ± 35.2 (30)

58.1 ± 34.9 (60)*

18.9 ± 17.9 (14)***

33.6 ± 36.9 (21)††

Heart transplantation

4-10

10-60

36.1 ± 40.6 (25)

41.1 ± 40.4 (25)

43.2 ± 125.5 (21)

18.5 ± 28.6 (0)

52.9 ± 39.9 (56)

26.2 ± 19.0 (21)

34.3 ± 22.0 (30)††

Arrhythmias

1-30

30-60

41.9 ± 121.7 (20)

53.8 ± 118.5 (21)

47.4 ± 104.3 (30)

34.8 ± 35.0 (22)

57.5 ± 35.0 (60)**

18.0 ± 15.5 (14)***

36.0 ± 37.6 (21)†††

  1. *Note: CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CCS = Canadian Cardiovascular Society; CR = cardiac rehabilitation.
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, independent samples t-tests comparing specialists with CR program perceptions of the percentage of patients meeting preferable and acceptable benchmarks, and of the appropriate number of days’ wait.
  3. †p < 0.05; ††p < 0.01; †††p < 0.001 for related-samples Wilcoxon signed rank tests comparing CR program perceptions of appropriate versus feasible number of days’ wait by type of cardiac indication for CR.