| Title: |
Women and cardiac rehabilition in Mallorca |
| Authors: |
Moranta Ribas, ME; Torres Marques, J; Melia Mesquida, C; Serra Creus, J; Magnani Raganato, S; Ruiz Pizarro, V; Alvarez Rubio, J; Cremer Luengos, D; Ripoll Vera, T; Gamez Martinez, JM; Ferrer Oliver, JA; Jardi Rodriguez, AM; Trias Oliver, C; Gomez Monjo, MJ; Bestard Socias, C |
| Source: |
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ; volume 29, issue Supplement_1 ; ISSN 2047-4873 2047-4881 |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Description: |
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Women are less likely to be referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP) than men. Little is known about the different indications between genders and whether women who attend a CRP have different health characteristics from men. Purpose To study the differences between men and women in the frequency of referral to the only CRP in Mallorca (Spain), their indication and whether there were different health characteristics by gender among referred patients. Methods Retrospective observational study. We studied the indication, cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), somatometric data, blood test and psychosocial health (by hospital anxiety and depression scale, HADS) of all patients referred to a CRP in Mallorca since the program was launched in 2014. Results 524 patients have been referred to the CRP. 18% (95) were women, with no differences in mean age compared to men (55.9 ± 11 vs 56.2 ± 10 years). Women were referred more frequently due to non-coronary diseases (20% vs 4%, p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1093/eurjpc/zwac056.223 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac056.223; https://academic.oup.com/eurjpc/article-pdf/29/Supplement_1/zwac056.223/43681377/zwac056.223.pdf |
| Rights: |
https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C0F6B663 |
| Database: |
BASE |