Cardiac rehabilitation barriers by rurality and socioeconomic status: A cross-sectional study

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Introduction. Despite greater need, rural inhabitants and individuals of low socioeconomic status (SES) are less likely to undertake cardiac rehabilitation (CR). This study examined barriers to enrollment and participation in CR among these under-represented groups. Method. Cardiac inpatients from 11 hospitals across Ontario were approached to participate in a larger study. Rurality was assessed by asking participants whether they lived within a 30-minute drive-time from the nearest hospital, with those >30 minutes considered "rural." Participants completed a sociodemographic survey, which included the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status. One year later, they were mailed a survey which assessed CR utilization and included the Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers Scale. In this cross-sectional study, CR utilization and barriers were compared by rurality and SES. Results: Of the 1809 (80.4%) retained, there were 215 (11.9%) rural participants, and the mean subjective SES was 6.37 ± 1.76. The mean CRBS score was 2.03 ± 0.73. Rural inhabitants reported attending significantly fewer CR sessions (p

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Shanmugasegaram, S., Oh, P., Reid, R. D., McCumber, T., & Grace, S. L. (2013). Cardiac rehabilitation barriers by rurality and socioeconomic status: A cross-sectional study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-12-72

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