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Table 3 Participant’s characteristics

From: Barriers to and motives for engagement in an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programme in Ireland: a qualitative study

 

All participants (n = 14)

Long-term attender (n = 7)

PWDO (n = 7)

Variables

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

67.3 (10.4)

65.7 (10.2)

68.9 (10.3)

Gender Female (%)

50

57

43

Male (%)

50

43

57

Work Status Payment (%)

43

43

43

No payment (%)

14

0

28.5

Retired (%)

43

57

28.5

Distance from ULMedX (km)

31.6 (23.5)

22.01 (15.3)

41.1 (26.3)

Attendance while at ULMedX (%)

45.8 (23.9)

64.1 (15.6)

27.4 (14.9)

Attendance Range (%)

40–60

60–80

20–40

Duration at ULMedX (months)

8.1 (5.9)

13.8 (1.5)

2.4 (1.9)

  1. Abbreviations, SD Standard deviation, % percentage of group which expressed this characteristic, n number of participants, km kilometres, PWDO people who have dropped out