Table 1 Characteristics of participating sites at baseline
Team | Allocation | Team location (setting) | Cardiac team clinical staffing | Type of cardiac rehabilitation programme offered (including usual psychological carea) | N patients assessed per monthb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | UC | Hospital (rural) | 7 nurses (2 full-time; 5 part-time) | Centre-based groups, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 40 |
B | UC | Community (rural) | 7 nurses (1 full-time; 6 part-time) | Centre-based groups – with some support from a clinical psychologist, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 60 |
C | UC | Community (rural) | 3 nurses (part-time), 1 team manager (part-time) | Centre-based groups | 12–16 |
D | EPC | Community (rural/urban) | 2 nurses (1 full-time; 1 part-time) | Centre-based groups, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 26 |
E | EPC | Hospital (rural/urban) | 2 nurses (part-time) | Centre-based groups, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 70 |
F | EPC | Mixed hospital + community (urban) | 1 nurse (part-time) | Centre-based groups, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 32 |
G | EPC | Mixed hospital + community (inner-city) | 4 nurses (part-time) | Centre-based groups – limited psychological input via referral to community mental health workers, Clinic-based individual appointments, Home-based programmes | 33 |
H | EPC | Mixed hospital + community (inner-city) | 6 nurses (part-time) | Centre-based groups, Clinic-based individual appointments – part-time clinical psychologist linked to team, Home-based programmes | 50–60 |