Table 4 Hospital administrators’ mean attitudes regarding cr (±standard deviation), by presence of cardiac rehabilitation program at the institution where they work
Item | CR program (n=93; 51.4%) | No CR (n=88; 48.6%) | Total (N=195) |
|---|---|---|---|
1. CR programs provide benefits beyond what primary care providers can offer | 4.39±0.75 | 4.77±5.68 | 4.55±3.88 |
2. CR programs promote sustained behavioural changes that improve their health outcomes | 4.39±0.64 | 4.23±0.55 | 4.31±0.60 |
3. It is the hospitals’ responsibility to provide all eligible inpatients with the information they need to begin an outpatient CR program | 4.33±0.91 | 4.13±0.84 | 4.22±0.88 |
4. The closest available CR program is of good quality | 4.36±0.82 | 4.01±0.83 | 4.20±0.83†† |
5. The government should provide more funding for CR programs | 4.24±0.82 | 3.85±0.85 | 4.04±0.84†† |
6. Ministry funding models are a financial disincentive to CR provision | 3.31±1.08 | 3.37±1.06 | 3.33±1.05 |
7. It is likely that government funding for CR programs will be sustained over time | 3.36±1.01 | 3.05±0.88 | 3.23±0.96† |
8. We do not have enough space to run a CR program at my institution | 2.36±1.33 | 3.49±1.28 | 2.90±1.40††† |
9. CR services are generally one of the first programs to be cut-back when we make budget reductions | 2.52±1.07 | 3.20±0.98 | 2.78±1.08††† |
10. Patients and their families should be responsible for their own health behavior changes and risk reduction self-management post-hospitalization | 2.43±1.09 | 2.72±1.09 | 2.58±1.09 |
11. Scarce healthcare dollars should not be spent on outpatient care at the expense of acute care | 2.06±1.26 | 2.19±1.01 | 2.12±1.13 |
12. Healthcare providers on the cardiac floor have other more important clinical duties than to refer patients to CR | 1.71±0.91 | 1.65±0.73 | 1.70±0.83 |
13. Provincial health insurance should not cover CR services for cardiac patients post-hospitalization | 1.47±0.75 | 1.78±0.90 | 1.61±0.84† |
14. I am skeptical about the benefits of CR programs | 1.28±0.52 | 1.65±0.70 | 1.47±0.65††† |