Table 7 Factors from other categories showing no evidence of relationship with uptake / completion of CR programmes [references]

Language barriers[76]

Completion only

Behaviours: personal choices & cultural preferences[60, 71]

Uptake – past smoker

Completion – calorie consumption

Physical wellbeing[31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 47, 50, 52][55, 60, 67–69, 71, 74–76, 78]

Uptake - Number of cardiac events; previous history of stroke/TIA; unstable angina; congestive heart failure; total cholesterol; triglycerides; ECG ST depression or elevation; creatine kinase levels; tropinin levels; number of risk factors present; medication for angina / arrhythmia / calcium antagonists; diuretics; level of co-morbidity

Completion - Previous history of MI / CABG / PCI / PTMC / valvoplasty; MI; PCI procedure; dyslipidemia; ejection fraction; fasting blood glucose; heart rate; high density and low density lipoprotein cholesterol; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; total cholesterol; triglycerides; treadmill velocity; functional capacity; heart rate after exercise; quality of life’ physical health score (SF36); waist circumference

Balancing & integrating health care needs with everyday life[32, 56]

Uptake - Losses in life; time stress

Culture[67, 70]

Country of birth; ethnicity

Attitudes to rehabilitation[48]

Greater concerns about harmful effects of exercising

Social support [63]

Uptake – emotional support

Formal support[43]

Uptake - Length of hospital stay