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

• Authors: GHISI Gabriela Lima de Melo; KIM Won-Seok; CHA Seungwoo; ALJEHANI Raghdah; CRUZ Mayara Moura Alves; VANDERLEI Luiz Carlos Marques; PEPERA Garyfallia; LIU Xia; XU Zhimin; MASKHULIA Lela; VENTURINI Elio; CHUANG Hung-Jui; PEREIRA Danielle Gomes; TREVIZAN Patricia Fernandes; KOUIDI Evangelia; BAŤALÍK Ladislav; FIROOZABADI Mahdieh Ghanbari; BURAZOR Ivana; JIANDANI Mariya Prakash; ZHANG Ling; TOURKMANI Nidal; GRACE Sherry L
• Year of publication: 2023
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2023.07.016
• Description: Background: 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, the characteristics associated with greater barriers in women, and women's greatest barriers according to enrollment status.