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Table 3 Process data for delivery of Enhanced Psychological Care (EPC) at 8-month follow-up

From: Assessing the effectiveness of Enhanced Psychological Care for patients with depressive symptoms attending cardiac rehabilitation compared with treatment as usual (CADENCE): a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

Outcome

Usual care (UC), N = 14

EPC, N = 15

Number of cardiac rehabilitation sessions; median (min, max)

 Offered

8 (2, 14)

7 (0, 24)

 Attended

7.5 (1, 12)

7 (0, 22)

Number of EPC sessions attended; n (%)

 8

N/A

8 (53)

 7

 

1a (7)

 6

 

1b (7)

 1

 

1c (7)

 0

 

4 (27)

Days elapsed from consent date to starting cardiac rehabilitation; median (min, max)

3 (− 15, 27)

5 (− 35, 22)

Participants who started cardiac rehabilitation prior to trial recruitment; n/N (%)

6 (43)

2 (13)

Days elapsed from trial entry to start of EPC; median (min, max)

N/A

5 (0, 19)

Days elapsed from trial entry to discharge from cardiac rehabilitation; median (min, max)

69 (13, 112)

89 (48, 185)

Evidence of psychological care coordination activities provided in nurse notes; n (%)

N/A

5 (33)

Referral to GP/other psychological care services; n (%)

0 (0)

7 (47)d

  1. aParticipant had only seven sessions scheduled
  2. bParticipant had eight sessions scheduled but did not attend two sessions
  3. cParticipant had only one session scheduled
  4. dFor some patients, there was no evidence of psychological care coordination in the nurse notes, but there evidence of onward referral describe in the GP discharge letter
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