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Table 5 Preferred information regarding secondary prevention among patients who agreed to participate in self-choice educational program

From: Obstacles and alternative options for cardiac rehabilitation in Nanjing, China: an exploratory study

Relevant information*

Patients (n = 185), n (%)

Exercise

145 (78.4)

Modifying risk factors

127 (68.6)

Knowledge about the disease

119 (64.3)

Symptom management

107 (57.8)

Nutritional counseling

105 (56.8 )

Pharmacotherapy

98 (53.0)

Lifestyle changes

72 (38.9)

Career advice and returning to work

60 (32.4)

Management of depressed mood

45 (24.3)

Stress management

34 (18.4)

  1. *Patients could give more than one choice.