Sex differences in completion of a 12-month cardiac rehabilitation programme: An analysis of 5922 women and men

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 698-703

  Marzolini, Susan ^a,b   Brooks, Dina ^a,b,c   oh, Paul I ^a  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adherence; compliance; exercise; heart diseases; prevention; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64749090588     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32830c1ce3     Document Type: Article

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