Sex bias in referral of women to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation? A meta-analysis

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 423-441

  Colella, Tracey JF ^a   Gravely, Shannon ^a   Marzolini, Susan ^a   Grace, Sherry L ^b   Francis, Judith A ^c   Oh, Paul ^a   Scott, Lisa Benz ^d  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; cardiac rehabilitation; referral; women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84924985836     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314520783     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics - 2012 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012 ; 125: e2 - e220
2. World Health Organization. Cardiovascular diseases. Geneva: WHO, 2010. Available at: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/index.html (accessed September 2011)..
3. Mosca L, Benjamin EJ, Berra K, et al. Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women - 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011 ; 123: 1243-1262
4. Buckley JP, Furze G, Doherty P, et al. BACPR scientific statement: British standards and core components for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation. Heart. 2013 ; 99: 1069-1071
5. Alter DA, Oh PI, Chong A. Relationship between cardiac rehabilitation and survival after acute cardiac hospitalization within a universal health care system. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2009 ; 16: 102-113
6. Heran BS, Chen JM, Ebrahim S, et al. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 ; 7: CD001800 - CD001800
7. Taylor RS, Brown A, Ebrahim S, et al. Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Med. 2004 ; 116: 682-692
8. AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 update: performance measures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention services. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 ; 56: 1159-1167
9. Smith SC, Benjamin EJ, Bonow RO, et al. AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 ; 58: 2432-2446
10. Stone JA, Arthur HM and Suskin N (eds). Canadian guidelines for cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disease prevention: translating knowledge into action (3rd edition). Winnipeg, MB: Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation 2009. Available at: www.cacr.ca/resources/guidelines.cfm (accessed October 2011).
11. Grace SL, Arthur HM, Chan C, et al. Systematizing inpatient referral to cardiac rehabilitation: a joint policy position of the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Can J Cardiol. 2011 ; 27: 192-199
12. Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, et al. Performance measures for referral to cardiac rehabilitation/ACCF, AHA Task Force on Performance Measures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 ; 56: 1159-1167
13. Suaya JA, Shepard DS, Normand SL, et al. Use of cardiac rehabilitation by medicare beneficiaries after myocardial infarction or coronary bypass surgery. Circulation. 2007 ; 116: 1653-1662
14. Bjarnason-Wehrens B, Grande G, Loewel H, et al. Gender-specific issues in cardiac rehabilitation: do women with ischaemic heart disease need specially tailored programmes?. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 ; 14: 163-171
15. McCarthy MM, Vaughan Dickson V, Chyun D. Barriers to cardiac rehabilitation in women with cardiovascular disease: an integrative review. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2011 ; 26: E1 - E10
16. Parkosewich JA. Cardiac rehabilitation barriers and opportunities among women with cardiovascular disease. Cardiol Rev. 2008 ; 16: 36-52
17. Benz Scott LA, Ben-Or K, Allen JK. Why are women missing from outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs? A review of multilevel factors affecting referral, enrollment, and completion. J Women's Health. 2002 ; 11: 773-791
18. Balady GJ, Ades PA, Bittner VA, et al. Referral, enrollment, and delivery of cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention programs at clinical centers and beyond: a presidential advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011 ; 124: 2951-2960
19. Beckie TM, Mendonca MA, Fletcher GF, et al. Examining the challenges of recruiting women into a cardiac rehabilitation clinical trial. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2009 ; 29: 13-21; quiz 22-23
20. Cooper AF, Jackson G, Weinman J, et al. Factors associated with cardiac rehabilitation attendance: a systematic review of the literature. Clin Rehabil. 2002 ; 16: 541-552
21. Martin BJ, Hauer T, Arena R, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation and outcomes in coronary artery disease patients. Circulation. 2012 ; 126: 677-687
22. Aragam K, Moscucci M, Smith DE, et al. Trends and disparities in referral to cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention. Am Heart J. 2011 ; 162: 544-551
23. Stewart Williams JA. Using non-linear decomposition to explain the disiminatory effects of male-female differentials in access to care: a cardiac rehabilitation case study. Soc Sci Med. 2009 ; 69: 1072-1079
24. Brown TM, Hernandez AF, Bittner V, et al. Predictors of cardiac rehabilitation referral in coronary artery disease patients: findings from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 ; 54: 515-521
25. Davies P, Taylor F, Beswick A, et al. Promoting patient uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 ; 7: CD007131 - CD007131
26. Gravely-Witte S, Leung YW, Nariani R, et al. Effects of cardiac rehabilitation referral strategies on referral and enrollment rates. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2010 ; 7: 87-96
27. Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, et al. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration. BMJ. 2009 ; 339: b2700 - b2700
28. Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, et al. Current methods of the US preventive services task force: a review of the process. Am J Prev Med. 2001 ; 20 (3 Suppl). 21-35
29. IBM Corporation. IBM SPSS Statistics for windows version 20.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp, 2011.
30. Cochrane Collaboration. Review Manager (RevMan) version 5.0. In: Cochrane Collaboration's Information Management System. Copenhagen: Nordic Cochrane Centre, Cochrane Collaboration, 2008.
31. Deeks JJ, Higgins JPT, Altman DG Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Higgins JPT Green S, ed. Chapter 9: Chichester, West Sussex, Cochrane Collaboration, John Wiley ; 2008: 243-293.
32. Doolan-Noble F, Broad J, Riddell T, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation services in New Zealand: access and utilisation. NZ Med J. 2004 ; 117: U955 - U955
33. Grace SL, Gravely-Witte S, Brual J, et al. Contribution of patient and physician factors to OCR referral: a prospective multi-level study. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 ; 5: 653-662
34. Grace SL, Scholey P, Suskin N, et al. A prospective comparison of cardiac rehabilitation enrollment following automatic vs usual referral. J Rehabil Med. 2007 ; 39: 239-245
35. Harrison WN, Wardle SA. Factors affecting the uptake of cardiac rehabilitation services in a rural locality. Public Health. 2005 ; 119: 1016-1016
36. Johnson NA, Inder KJ, Bowe SJ. Trends in referral to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the hunter region of Australia, 2002-2007. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010 ; 17: 77-82
37. Raine RA, Black NA, Bowker TJ, et al. Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2002 ; 56: 791-797
38. Roblin D, Diseker RA, Orenstein D, et al. Delivery of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in a managed care organization. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004 ; 24: 157-164
39. Cottin Y, Cambou JP, Casillas JM, et al. Specific profile and referral bias of rehabilitated patients after an acute coronary syndrome. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004 ; 24: 38-44
40. Cupples ME, Tully MA, Dempster M, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation uptake following myocardial infarction: Cross-sectional study in primary care. Br J Gen Pract. 2010 ; 60: 431-435
41. Dunlay SM, Wiit BJ, Allison TG, et al. Barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation. Am Heart J. 2009 ; 158: 852-852
42. Grace SL, Abbey SE, Pinto R, et al. Longitudinal course of depressive symptomatology after a cardiac event: effects of gender and cardiac rehabilitation. Psychosom Med. 2005 ; 67: 52-58
43. Heid HG, Schmelzer M. Influences on women's participation in cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabil Nurs. 2004 ; 29: 116-121
44. Johnson N, Fisher J, Nagle A, et al. Factors associated with referral to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation services. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004 ; 24: 165-170
45. Norris CM. Referral rate and outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac catheterization in a large Canadian city. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004 ; 24: 392-392
46. LaBresh KA, Ellrodt AG, Gliklich R, et al. Get with the guidelines for cardiovascular secondary prevention: pilot results. Arch Intern Med. 2004 ; 164: 249-256
47. Jackson L, Leclerc J, Erskine Y, et al. Getting the most out of cardiac rehabilitation: a review of referral and adherence predictors. Heart. 2005 ; 91: 10-14
48. Gravely S, Anand SS, Stewart DE, et al. Effect of cardiac rehabilitation referral strategies on utilization among men and women. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2013 [Epub ahead of print].