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Table 2 Baseline demographics for participants, n = 170

From: Effectiveness of a behavioral medicine intervention in physical therapy on secondary psychological outcomes and health-related quality of life in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized, controlled trial

  

Whole group (n = 170)

Behavioral medicine (n = 86)

Routine care (n = 84)

Age, years, mean ± SD

 

62.3 ± 7.9

62.7 ± 7.8

61.8 ± 8.0

BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD

 

27.2 ± 4.1

27.2 ± 4.3

27.1 ± 4.0

Sex, n (%)

Male

136 (80)

72 (84)

64 (76)

Female

34 (20)

14 (16)

20 (24)

Country of birth, n (%)

Sweden

165 (99)

86 (100)

79 (99)

Other

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

Relationship status, n (%)

Married/partner

135 (79)

69 (80)

66 (79)

Living alone

35 (21)

17 (20)

18 (21)

Educational level, n (%)

Elementary school

11 (7)

8 (9)

3 (4)

High school

32 (19)

13 (15)

19 (23)

Vocational school

44 (26)

20 (23)

24 (29)

University

82 (49)

45 (52)

37 (45)

Occupational status, n (%)

Employed

89 (55)

43 (51)

46 (58)

Retired

71 (44)

40 (48)

31 (39)

Sick leave

2 (1)

0 (0)

2 (3)

Unemployed, student, other

1 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

On sick leave at time of baseline assessment, n (%)

 

41 (45)

16 (36)

25 (52)

Smoking status, n (%)

Never smoked

73 (43)

36 (42)

37 (44)

Ex- smoker > 1 month

83 (49)

45 (52)

38 (45)

Smoker

14 (8)

5 (6)

9 (11)

Previous diseases, n (%)

MI

13 (8)

5 (6)

8 (10)

PCI

18 (11)

8 (9)

10 (12)

CABG

6 (4)

3 (4)

3 (4)

Diabetes

17 (10)

11 (13)

6 (7)

Hypertension

80 (47)

45 (52)

35 (42)

Chronic heart failure

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

Stroke

5 (3)

2 (2)

3 (4)

Type of index cardiac event, n (%)

STEMI

47 (28)

25 (29)

22 (26)

NSTEMI

53 (31)

20 (23)

33 (39)

Unstable angina

30 (18)

22 (26)

8 (10)

Stable angina

40 (24)

19 (22)

21 (25)

Type of index cardiac intervention, n (%)

PCI

163 (96)

83 (97)

80 (95)

Left ventricular function, n (%)

Normal (EF > 50%)

93 (69)

53 (74)

40 (64)

Lightly reduced (EF 40–49%)

28 (21)

13 (18)

15 (24)

Moderate/severely reduced (EF < 40%)

14 (10)

6 (8)

8 (13)

Experience with exCR, n (%)

14 (8)

6 (7)

8 (10)

  1. BMI Body mass index, CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, EF Ejection fraction, exCR exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, MI Myocardial infarction, NSTEMI Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation-myocardial infarction, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention