Cardiac Rehabilitation Access Survey for Heart Failure Patients in the UK

224 cardiac rehabilitation centers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland responded to a 2009–10 national survey on service provision for heart failure patients. The data reveals that only 40% of centers routinely offered rehabilitation to these patients, with lack of resources cited by 60% of non-providing centers. The survey was conducted by Hasnain M. Dalal and published in 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between a center's provision of a separate heart failure program and its reported reasons for not recruiting patients, such as lack of resources or exclusion from contracts.
• Model the likelihood of a center offering phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation based on factors like geographic region and whether service is limited to heart failure secondary to myocardial infarction.
• Compare the 16% of centers providing a separate heart failure program against the 39% that reported having a specific program to assess data consistency or reporting definitions.

Strengths

• National scope with responses from 224 cardiac rehabilitation centers across three UK nations.
• Clear quantification of key barriers, with 60% of non-providing centers citing lack of resources.
• High response rate of 81% from the 277 centers surveyed in the first stage.

Limitations

• Data is from a single survey period (2009–10) and may not reflect current service provision.
• Survey design relies on self-reported data from center staff, which may introduce reporting bias.
• Lacks patient-level data on demographics, clinical outcomes, or individual participation barriers.

Provenance

Source

National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation register for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Collection Method

Two-stage, postal questionnaire-based national survey.

Time Range

Survey conducted in 2009–10.

Freshness

Data collected in 2009–10; metadata last updated in 2019.

Geography

England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.