Why the study?
Do lower-SES patients have a higher-risk cardiovascular disease profile on entry to cardiac rehabilitation compared to higher-SES patients?
Do lower-SES patients have a higher-risk cardiovascular disease profile on entry to cardiac rehabilitation compared to higher-SES patients?
Lower-SES patients entering cardiac rehabilitation have a significantly higher risk profile, highlighting the need for targeted interventions on modifiable risk factors such as low fitness, obesity, depression, and smoking.
Lower-SES patients have a remarkably prominent high-risk cardiovascular disease profile, resulting in a substantially higher risk for a recurrent coronary event than higher-SES patients. Accordingly, efforts must be made to engage this high-risk population in CR. It is incumbent on CR programs to ensure that they are appropriately equipped to intervene on modifiable risk factors such as low cardiorespiratory fitness, obesity, depression, and smoking.
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