Looking Beyond Binary Sex Classifications: Gender-Related Variables in Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation

dc.contributor.authorComeau, Katelyn
dc.contributor.authorTerada, Tasuku
dc.contributor.authorChirico, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorVidal Almela, Sol
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Sherry
dc.contributor.authorReid, Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorReed, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T17:57:38Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T17:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractCoronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death worldwide. There are known differences in the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of males and females with CAD, such as higher mortality and poorer health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) following a revascularization procedure in females.1 Sex (i.e., males, females, intersex) is a biological construct, while gender encompasses socially-constructed roles, behaviors and self-expressions. When gender-related variables are included in analyses, post-revascularization sex-differences are often attenuated.2 Differences in health status and HR-QoL of patients with CAD may be better explained by considering gender-related variables (e.g., gender-identity, education and marital status) rather than biological sex alone.2,3,4 At cardiac rehabilitation (CR) entry, patients with CAD who have undergone coronary revascularization procedures frequently demonstrate low functional capacity, levels of physical activity and HR-QoL.5 Existing CR research is limited in investigating the independent effects of gender-related variables on functional capacity and HR-QoL. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between gender-related variables and health-status indicators (i.e., functional capacity and HR-QoL) at CR entry.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported, in part, by the Innovations Fund of the Alternate Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centre of the Ministry of Ontario (PI: Reed). This work was supported, in part, by the Innovations Fund of the Alternate Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centre of the Ministry of Ontario (PI: Reed), and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (PI: Reid). J.L.R was supported, in part, by a New Investigator Salary Award in Clinical Rehabilitation from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. S.L.G is supported in her work by the Toronto General & Toronto Western Hospital Foundation and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network. T.T. was supported by the Jan & Ian Craig Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Endowed Fellowship from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship. S.V.A. was supported with an International Peace Scholarship by the Philanthropic Educational Organization.en_US
dc.identifier.citationComeau, K., Chirico, D., Terada, T., Vidal-Almela, S., Grace, S. L., Reid, R. D., & Reed, J. L. (2022). Looking Beyond Binary Sex Classifications: Gender-Related Variables in Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 42(3), 208–210. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000685en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-7501
dc.identifier.issn1932-751X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000685en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40880
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Preventionen_US
dc.rightsThis is a Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript of an article published in final form in Comeau, K., Chirico, D., Terada, T., Vidal-Almela, S., Grace, S. L., Reid, R. D., & Reed, J. L. (2022). Looking Beyond Binary Sex Classifications: Gender-Related Variables in Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 42(3), 208–210. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000685en_US
dc.rights.articlehttps://journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/Fulltext/2022/05000/Looking_Beyond_Binary_Sex_Classifications_.11.aspxen_US
dc.subjectCardiac rehabilitationen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectFunctional capacityen_US
dc.titleLooking Beyond Binary Sex Classifications: Gender-Related Variables in Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitationen_US
dc.title.alternativeGender-related Variables in Patients Entering CRen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Ability of Gender-Related Variables to Predict Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease at Cardiac Rehabilitation Entryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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