Skip to main content

Table 3 Perceptions of Cardiac Rehabilitation Staff on Delivery (N = 16)

From: Barriers to cardiac rehabilitation delivery in a low-resource setting from the perspective of healthcare administrators, rehabilitation providers, and cardiac patients

Item

mean ± SD

FACILITATORS AND BARRIERSa

 CR participants understand the benefits of joining the program

4.50 ± 0.51

 Most physicians do not refer patients to CR

4.31 ± 0.60

 Most physicians are unaware of the benefits of CR

4.06 ± 0.68

 The rate of absenteeism in my program is very low

3.75 ± 1.00

 Delivering hybrid CRc could increase participation by patients

3.62 ± 1.02

 Participants enrolled in CR have difficulty staying in the program

3.50 ± 1.03

 Many patients are referred by doctors, but choose not to participate

3.12 ± 1.14

 Our program could serve a larger number of participants, but there is no demand

2.93 ± 1.80

DELIVERY OF COMPREHENSIVE CRb

 Access to optimal medical therapy and reinforcement of the need to adhere to pharmacological treatments

4.87 ± 0.34

 The assessment and control of patient’s blood pressure, glucose and lipids

4.81 ± 0.40

 The inclusion of a comprehensive educational component within CR

4.75 ± 0.44

 Adequate physical space and resources to offer comprehensive CR

4.43 ± 0.51

  1. CR cardiac rehabilitation, SD standard deviation
  2. aItems were scores on a scale from 1 “strongly disagree” to 5 “strongly agree”
  3. b Items were scored on a scale from 1 “not even considered” to 5 “extremely important”
  4. c supervised and unsupervised exercise, thus requiring fewer on-site visit