Table 1 Baseline characteristics (at rehabilitation entry) and group comparison regarding EBRP-III† participation of 54,163 CHD* patients in Germany, 2010–2017
Total | EBRP-III participation | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No participation | Short participation (< 90 days) | Long participation (> 90 days) | |||
N (%) | 54,163 (100%) | 45,086 (83.2%) | 2629 (4.9%) | 6448 (11.9%) | |
Years under observation (mean ± SD) | 4.3 ± 1.8 | 4.3 ± 1.9 | 4.4 ± 1.8 | 4.4 ± 1.8 | |
Sex | < .0001 | ||||
Men | 45,019 (83.1%) | 37,785 (83.8%) | 2149 (81.7%) | 5085 (78.9%) | |
Women | 9144 (16.9%) | 7301 (16.2%) | 480 (18.3%) | 1363 (21.1%) | |
Age | < .0001 | ||||
< 50 years | 14,478 (26.7%) | 12,353 (27.4%) | 796 (30.3%) | 1329 (20.6%) | |
50–54 years | 13,787 (25.5%) | 11,548 (25.6%) | 716 (27.2%) | 1523 (23.6%) | |
55–59 years | 15,827 (29.2%) | 12,951 (28.7%) | 744 (28.3%) | 2132 (33.1%) | |
60–66 years | 10,071 (18.6%) | 8234 (18.3%) | 373 (14.2%) | 1464 (22.7%) | |
Comorbidities | .0904 | ||||
No comorbidities | 2378 (4.4%) | 1952 (4.3%) | 117 (4.5%) | 309 (4.8%) | |
1–2 comorbidities | 14,386 (26.6%) | 11,908 (26.4%) | 733 (27.9%) | 1745 (27.1%) | |
Three or more comorbidities | 37,399 (69.0%) | 31,226 (69.3%) | 1779 (67.7%) | 4394 (68.1%) | |
Education | < .0001 | ||||
No information | 49,564 (91.5%) | 40,921 (90.8%) | 2520 (95.9%) | 6123 (95.0%) | |
Lower education | 3964 (7.3%) | 3606 (8.0%) | 94 (3.6%) | 264 (4.1%) | |
Higher education | 493 (0.9%) | 451 (1.0%) | 7 (0.3%) | 35 (0.5%) | |
University degree | 142 (0.3%) | 108 (0.2%) | 8 (0.3%) | 26 (0.4%) | |
Sick leave prior to rehabilitation entry | < .0001 | ||||
Not employed | 2059 (3.8%) | 1792 (4.0%) | 69 (2.6%) | 198 (3.1%) | |
> 6 months | 2899 (5.4%) | 2513 (5.6%) | 128 (4.9%) | 258 (4.0%) | |
3–6 months | 3477 (6.4%) | 2946 (6.5%) | 161 (6.1%) | 370 (5.7%) | |
< 3 months | 39,529 (73.0%) | 32,502 (72.1%) | 2038 (77.5%) | 4989 (77.4%) | |
No | 6199 (11.4%) | 5333 (11.8%) | 233 (8.9%) | 633 (9.8%) | |
Subjective rehabilitation outcome (Phase II) | .0012 | ||||
No information | 1922 (3.5%) | 1578 (3.5%) | 99 (3.8%) | 245 (3.8%) | |
Worse | 38 (0.1%) | 32 (0.1%) | 3 (0.1%) | 3 (0.0%) | |
Unchanged | 7274 (13.4%) | 6185 (13.7%) | 326 (12.4%) | 763 (11.8%) | |
Better | 44,929 (83.0%) | 37,291 (82.7%) | 2201 (83.7%) | 5437 (84.3%) | |