Original Article Ann Rehabil Med 2015;39(6):863-871 pISSN: 2234-0645 • eISSN: 2234-0653 http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2015.39.6.863

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Sociodemographic Predictors in Failure to Complete Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Behzad Heydarpour, MD1, Mozhgan Saeidi, MSc1, Parvin Ezzati, BS1, Ali Soroush, MD2, Saeid Komasi, MSc1 1

Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah; 2Lifestyle Modification Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Objective To investigate the role of sociodemographic factors in failure to complete outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Methods This was a retrospective study that used information obtained from the database of the cardiac rehabilitation department of a cardiac hospital in Iran. Data from 1,050 CR patients treated at the hospital between January 2001 and January 2013 was analyzed using binary logistic regression analysis. Results Only 49% of the patients completed the CR program. After adjustment for baseline variables, it was found that the following were significantly associated with failure to complete the CR program: illiteracy (p