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Table 1 Recruitment to and exclusion from the BRUM trial, by ethnic group

From: Recruitment of ethnic minority patients to a cardiac rehabilitation trial: The Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation (BRUM) study [ISRCTN72884263]

 

White

South Asian

Other

fp-value

All presenting, n

1452

412

69

 

MI n (%)

811 (56.4)

230 (56.5)

42 (61.8)

0.6

PTCA n (%)

514 (35.7)

149 (36.6)

19 (27.9)

 

CABG n (%)

113 (7.9)

28 (6.9)

7 (10.3)

 

Mean (SD) age

66.3 (12.0)

61.0 (12.4)

66.5 (12.2)

<0.001

Males n (%)

998 (68.9)

311 (75.5)

47 (69.1)

0.04

Mean (SD) Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) [14]

32.9 (17.1)

43.7 (16.6)

48.3 (16.8)

<0.001

Excluded n (%)

525 (36.1)

214 (51.9)

25 (36.2)

<0.001

Reason for exclusion (more than 1 may apply) n (%)

    

aLanguage

4 (0.30)

120 (29.4)

3 (4.5)

<0.001

bHigh cardiac risk

191 (13.2)

50 (12.1)

6 (8.7)

0.7

cComorbidity

175 (12.1)

28 (6.8)

6 (8.7)

0.01

In other trial

18 (1.2)

6 (1.5)

2 (2.9)

0.7

Out of area

76 (5.2)

18 (4.4)

2 (2.9)

0.4

dSensory deficit

37 (2.5)

8 (1.9)

1 (1.4)

0.6

eMental health

41 (2.8)

6 (1.5)

5 (7.2)

0.06

Deceased

19 (1.3)

5 (1.2)

0 (0)

0.6

Excluded for language only n (%)

2 (0.1)

100 (24.3)

3 (4.35)

<0.001

Eligible n (% of all presenting)

927 (63.8)

198 (48.1)

44 (63.8)

<0.001

Males (% of presenting males)

659 (65.7)

163 (52.4)

32 (68.0)

 

Female (% presenting females)

268 (59.0)

35 (34.7)

12 (54.6)

 

Mean (SD) IMD of eligible patients

32.3 (16.6)

41.2 (16.7)

47.1 (17.3)

<0.001

Refused (% of eligible)

514 (55.4)

109 (55.1)

27 (61.4)

0.2

Reason for refusal: n (%)

    

Did not want rehabilitation

85 (16.5)

10 (9.2)

3 (11.1)

 

Did not want to take part in research

272 (52.9)

38 (34.9)

11 (40.7)

 

Preference for hospital programme

62 (12.1)

15 (13.8)

3 (11.1)

 

No reason given

95 (18.5)

46 (42.2)

10 (37.0)

<0.001

Total recruited (% of eligible)

418 (45.1)

88 (44.4)

19 (43.2)

0.7

(% of all)

   (28.8)

   (21.4)

   (21.3)

 

Males (% of eligible males)

312 (47.3)

76 (46.6)

14 (43.8)

 

Female (% of eligible females)

106 (39.6)

12 (34.3)

5 (41.7)

 

Mean (SD) IMD of recruited patients

31.6 (15.7)

40.0 (16.9)

47.0 (15.2)

<0.001

  1. aLanguage: unable to speak English or Punjabi, or Punjabi speaking nurse not available to recruit the patient.
  2. bHigh risk: patients with risk factors excluding a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe angina, hart failure or documented arrhythmias.
  3. cComorbidity: physical conditions which would interfere with the ability to undertake a cardiac rehabilitation programme, e.g. severe arthritis, malignancy.
  4. dSensory deficit: severe hearing or visual loss such that patients would not be able to read written materials or communicate with research nurses on the telephone.
  5. eMental health: patients with case-note documented dementia or current mental illness.
  6. fChi square test (except for age comparison, oneway ANOVA; index of deprivation comparison, Kruskal-Wallis test)
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