York University, Ontario, Canada., University Health Network Women's Health Program, Ontario, Canada., University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. sgrace@yorku.ca
Despite its proven benefits and need, women are significantly less likely than men to participate in and complete cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The purpose of this study was to quantitatively investigate sex differences in CR barriers by participation status.
Cardiac outpatients (1496, 430 female, 28.7%) of 97 cardiologists completed a mailed survey to discern CR participation. Respondents were asked to rate 19 CR barriers on a 5-point Likert scale.
Five hundred twenty-nine (43%) respondents self-reported participating in CR, with men being more likely to participate (p
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