Table 1 Demographics and baseline health states of patients in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes classified as having low-, middle- and high-quality service delivery
Quality category | p Value | Effect size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (N) | Middle (N) | High (N) | |||
Demographics | |||||
Age (years) | 63.94 (31) | 64.25 (78) | 64.64 (52) | 0.33 | 0.01 |
Female (%) | 25.64 (30) | 26.01 (77) | 26.89 (52) | 0.59 | 0.01 |
Unemployment (%) | 15.96 (20) | 19.27 (65) | 17.78 (48) | 0.56 | 0.01 |
IMD (mean) | 6.23 (24) | 5.90 (66) | 5.86 (46) | 0.57 | 0.01 |
Baseline health state | |||||
High risk (%) | 16.28 (12) | 21.84 (53) | 23.39 (45) | 0.32 | 0.02 |
BMI (kg/m2) (mean) | 27.49 (30) | 28.02 (77) | 28.39 (51) | 0.04* | 0.04 |
Waist (cm) (mean) | 97.47 (25) | 98.07 (63) | 101.00 (44) | 0.44 | 0.01 |
BP 140 / 90 (%) | 28.69 (25) | 32.64 (70) | 33.47 (52) | 0.24 | 0.02 |
Smoker (%) | 8.32 (18) | 12.68 (60) | 11.39 (48) | 0.09 | 0.04 |
6MWT (metres) (mean) | 342.74 (13) | 276.66 (27) | 280.61 (25) | 0.15 | 0.06 |
ISWT (metres) (mean) | 374.58 (7) | 326.18 (30) | 352.33 (25) | 0.62 | 0.02 |
150 min moderate/week (%) | 36.49 (31) | 28.04 (76) | 29.53 (52) | 0.12 | 0.03 |
75 min vigorous/week (%) | 8.38 (30) | 6.20 (76) | 6.56 (52) | 0.31 | 0.02 |
HADS anxiety (%) | 28.05 (18) | 32.58 (68) | 31.54 (50) | 0.16 | 0.03 |
HADS depression (%) | 18.24 (17) | 21.89 (66) | 21.69 (50) | 0.22 | 0.02 |