Women’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Barriers: Results of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation’s First Global Assessment

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.07.016
• Publication Date: 2023-09-25T03:58:55Z
• Authors: Gabriela Lima de ...; Won-Seok Kim; Seungwoo Cha; Raghdah Aljehani; Mayara Moura Alve...; Luiz Carlos Marqu...; Garyfallia Pepera; Xia Liu; Zhimin Xu; Lela Maskhulia; Elio Venturini; Hung-Jui Chuang; Danielle Gomes Pe...; Patricia Fernande...; Evangelia Kouidi; Ladislav Batalik; Mahdieh Ghanbari ...; Ivana Burazor; Mariya Prakash Ji...; Ling Zhang; Nidal Tourkmani; Sherry L. Grace
• Keywords: Male; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Global health; Cardiac rehabilitation; 610; Access to healthcare; 16. Peace & justice; Questionnaires and surveys; 3. Good health; Cross-Sectional Studies; 5. Gender equality; Cardiovascular Diseases; Humans; Women; Female; 10. No inequality; Referral; Exercise

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are underutilized globally, especially by women. In this study we investigated sex differences in CR barriers across all world regions, to our knowledge for the first time, characteristics associated with greater women, and women's greatest according enrollment status.