Heald, Fiorella A.Marzolini, SusanColella, Tracey JFOh, PaulNijhawan, RajniGrace, Sherry2023-02-062023-02-062022-01-04Heald, Marzolini, S., Colella, T. J. F., Oh, P., Nijhawan, R., & Grace, S. L. (2022). Profile of women choosing mixed-sex, women-only, and home-based cardiac rehabilitation models and impact on utilization. Women & Health, 62(2), 98–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2021.20232471541-03310363-0242https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2021.2023247http://hdl.handle.net/10315/40869This study compared characteristics and program utilization in women electing to participate in mixed-sex, women-only, or home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR). In this retrospective cohort study, electronic records of CR participants in Toronto who were offered the choice of program model between January 2017-February 2020 were analyzed. There were 727 women (74.7% mixed, 22.0% women-only, 3.3% home-based) who initiated CR. There were significantly more women who were not working in women-only than mixed-sex (80.4% vs 64.1%; P=.009). Session adherence was significantly greater with mixed-sex (58.8±28.9% sessions attended/25) than women-only (54.3±26.3% sessions attended/25; P=.046); program completion was significantly lower with home-based (33.3%) than either supervised model (59.7%; P=.035). Participation in women-only CR may be less accessible. Further research is needed to investigate offering remote women-focused sessions or peer support.enThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Women & Health on 04 Jan 2022, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03630242.2021.2023247.Cardiac rehabilitationCoronary heart diseaseUtilizationWomenAccessArticle