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To determine patients’ perceptions of the benefits of participating in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and the reasons why some decline to take part.

Data collected included patients’ responses to the self-administrated ‘Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Evaluation’ form, after attending a cardiac rehabilitation program. The evaluation involved analysis of 9 binary and open ended questions. A retrospective study was completed on data collected from January 2010 to December 2015 (6 years) and included 643 adult cases comprising 500 men and 143 women. A between subject t-Test was used to compare patient means before and after attendance of perceived changes to their lifestyle, and overall sense of physical and emotional well-being. Fishers Exact Test was used to compare attendance percentages, gender distribution, and primary diagnosis.

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