Table 4 Practice of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) by the respondents
When would you refer a patient to start a CR? | Starting in the hospital settings | N (%) | 23 (27.7%) | Mean | 1.92 |
Directly after the hospital discharge | Median | 2 | |||
4 weeks or more after the discharge | N (%) | 44 (53.0%) | SD | 0.711 | |
Would not refer | |||||
N (%) | 15 (18.1%) | ||||
N (%) | 1 (1.2%) | ||||
N Total | 83 | ||||
What kind of patients do you consider suitable for CR after discharging from hospital? | HF/CAD/Angina/ACS | N (%) | 30 (36.1%) | Mean | 3.5 |
CABG | N (%) | 10 (12%) | Median | 3 | |
Post valve surgery | N (%) | 2 (2.4%) | SD | 2.43 | |
Pacemaker | N (%) | 22 (26.5%) | |||
Post vascular surgery | N (%) | 1 (1.2) | |||
All of the above | N (%) | 18 (21.7%) | |||
N Total | 83 | ||||
Would it be difficult to refer patients to CR in the country? | Yes | N (%) | 54 (65.1%) | MEAN | 1.4 |
No | N (%) | 29 (34.9%) | Median | 1 | |
N Total | 83 | SD | 0.644 | ||
Who should take initiative to initiate CR in the country? | Insurance companies | N (%) | 5 (6.3%) | Mean | 4.31 |
Professional care givers | N (%) | 6 (7.5%) | Median | 5 | |
Physicians | N (%) | 7 (8.8%) | SD | 1.26 | |
Policy makers | N (%) | 3 (3.8%) | |||
Ministry of Health | N (%) | 59 (73.8%) | |||
N Total | 80 | ||||
How frequently would you send patients to CR if CR would have started? | 3–5 times per month | N (%) | 37 (48.7%) | Mean | 1.85 |
3–5 times per week | N (%) | 21 (27.6%) | Median | 2 | |
1–2 times per month | N (%) | 13 (17.1%) | SD | 1.05 | |
Once every 6 months | N (%) | 2 (2.6%) | |||
Never | N (%) | 3 (3.9%) | |||
N Total | 76 | ||||
After discharge physicians asked patients to: | To do nothing, to be at rest | N (%) | 1 (1.3%) | Mean | 3.59 |
To exercise a bit | N (%) | 28 (35.4%) | Median | 3 | |
To go to fitness club | N (%) | 11 (13.9%) | SD | 1.41 | |
To take it easy | N (%) | 1 (1.3%) | |||
To start a rehab program | N (%) | 38 (48.1%) | |||
N Total | 79 |