Key result
Women remain under-represented in cardiac rehabilitation research, have lower uptake of exercise-based programs, and are more likely to drop out.
Highlights the ongoing challenge of under-representation, lower uptake, and higher dropout rates of women in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation.
May warrant tailored cardiac rehabilitation programs for women; leaves open optimal strategies to improve uptake and retention.
Cardiac rehabilitation is now embedded in UK government policy. However, women are still under-represented in all aspects surrounding cardiac rehabilitation. Few women are included in research. Moreover, women continue not to take up exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and are more likely to drop out. This is an ongoing challenge for all involved in the field.
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Morag Thow (2001) studied this question. Women remain under-represented in cardiac rehabilitation research, have lower uptake of exercise-based programs, and are more likely to drop out.
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