Table 2

Characteristics of Articles Included in the Synthesis

Number	Author, Year	Sample Size (Setting)	Patients’ Age and Sex	Country	Methods	Relevance^a	Pharmaceutical Funding
1	Roebuck et al,²⁷ 2001	31 (CAD; 6 wk after discharge)	Median age = 63 y (28–74 y), 21 male	United Kingdom	Interviews	SAT	No
2	Wiles and Kinmonth,²⁸ 2001	25 (CAD; 2 and 16 wk after discharge)	Ages 34–80 y, 13 male	England	Interviews	SAT	No
3	Bergman and Berterö,²⁹ 2001	8 (CAD; 5–8 mo after diagnosis)	Ages 49–68 y, 5 male	Sweden	Interviews	SAT	No
4	Kärner et al,³⁰ 2002	23 (AMI; 1 y after CHD event)	Mean age = 51 y female, 57 y male; 14 male	Sweden	Interviews	SAT	No
5	Webster et al,³¹ 2002	35 (AMI and spouses; 2–3 wk after discharge)	Average age = 65 y, 25 male	England	Interviews	SAT	No
6	Tolmie et al,³² 2003	33 (CAD or high risk of CAD; 1–7 y after statin initiation)	Ages 24–80 y, 20 male	Scotland	Interviews	SAT	Yes
7	Kärner et al,³³ 2004	25 (spouses of CHD patients; 1 y after cardiac event)	Ages 36–68 y, 8 male	Sweden	Interviews	SAT	Not mentioned
8	Attebring et al,³⁴ 2005	20 (first AMI; median 7.5 wk after discharge)	Median age = 61.5 y (34–79 y), 12 male	Sweden	Interviews	KA	No
9	Lehane et al,³⁵ 2008	10 (CAD; average length of treatment 2.5 y)	Ages 51–69 y, 7 male	Ireland	Interviews	KA	Yes
10	Wang et al,³⁶ 2008	17 (first AMI; average 18 d after discharge)	Mean age = 57 y (39–73 y), 14 male	China	Focus groups	SAT	Not mentioned
11a	Decker et al,³⁷ 2008	22 (NSTEMI with DES)	Ages 41–77 y, 13 male	United States	Interviews (telephone)	KA	Yes
11b	Garavalia et al,³⁸ 2009	40 (AMI)	Ages 44–78 y, 20 male	United States	Interviews (telephone)	KA	Yes
11c	Garavalia et al,³⁹ 2011	22 (AMI with DES)	Mean age = 53 y (45–77 y), 13 male	United States	Interviews (telephone)	KA	Yes
12	West et al,⁴⁰ 2010	32 (CHD admission; 3 mo after discharge)	Aged ≥62 y, all female	United States	Interviews	SAT	No
13	White et al,⁴¹ 2010	15 (cardiac rehabilitation attendees; during program and 9 mo after it)	Aged 42–72 y, 11 male	England	Interviews	SAT	Not mentioned
14	Speechly et al,⁴² 2010	13 (CHD; 8 diagnosed ≥5 y, 5 diagnosed <5 y)	Aged 50–75 y, 6 male	Australia	Interviews	SAT	Yes
15	Rushworth et al,⁴³ 2012	20 (PCI; after phase 1 cardiac rehabilitation)	Median age = 60.5 y, 15 male	Scotland	Interviews and questionnaires	KA	No

AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CAD = coronary artery disease; CHD = coronary heart disease; DES = drug-eluting stent; KA = key article; NHS = National Health Service; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSTEMI = non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; SAT= satisfactory article.
↵a According to system of Dixon-Woods et al.²⁴