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The purpose of the study was to determine the return to work (RTW) rate of individuals with CVD after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and the impact of impairment and socio-demographics on the individual\u2019s ability to (RTW). Methods A cross-sectional survey, namely the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ) was used to gather the information. The IBM SPSS software (version 25) was used to manage the statistical analysis. Individuals who completed a CR program between the ages of 18 and 64 years made up a sample of 63 research participants. Results The RTW rate reported that only 30 (47.6%) of the participants successfully RTW after CR and 33 (52.4%) of participants did not RTW. The results also indicated that the older the individual and the higher the degree of impairment experienced, the less likely RTW would occur. Conclusion Factors such as the age and level of functional impairment of the individual with CVD must be addressed more aggressively in CR programs, particularly if the goal of the individual with CVD is to RTW.<\/ns3:p>","DOI":"10.12688\/f1000research.129263.3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,11]],"date-time":"2024-07-11T10:59:00Z","timestamp":1720695540000},"page":"894","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12688\/f1000research.crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Return to work rate of individuals after cardiac rehabilitation and the demographic and impairment factors that influence return to work in the Western Cape, South Africa"],"prefix":"10.12688","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5382-1855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zakeera","family":"Ganie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5382-1855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shaheed","family":"Soeker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anthea","family":"Rhoda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2560","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"299-305","DOI":"10.1007\/s11739-016-1423-9","article-title":"Cardiovascular disease and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: Burden, risk and intervention.","volume":"11","author":"F Cappuccio","year":"2016","journal-title":"Intern. 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I have provided a detailed response to the comments that you have provided. As a team we have tried to incorporate as many of the suggestions that you provided.  Reviewer 1: \n<b>Barbara Ians&atilde; de Lima Barroso<\/b>,&nbsp;Federal University of S&atilde;o Paulo, S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil&nbsp;  \n<b>Comment<\/b> Review the references used, bring more current scientific evidence, systematic reviews and population studies are well evaluated for a more robust introduction and discussion; \n<b>Response<\/b> The introduction and discussion was updated with scientific evidence from systematic reviews  \n<b>Comment<\/b> The word return-to-work must be written without a hyphen, although an Entry Terms version with a hyphen appears in MeSH, in current literature we use the word without a hyphen. \n<b>Response<\/b> Hyphen has been removed.  \n<b>Comment<\/b> Abbreviations throughout the text need to be revised, provide only one complete sentence followed by the abbreviation, then present only the abbreviation. \n<b>Response<\/b> Abbreviations have been revised.  \n<b>Comment<\/b> In statistical analysis, authors need to scientifically support the choice of method, and not just sampling (this was done to support the convenience sample), please provide more details; Response Reference has been added: Kaur P, Stolzfus J, Yellapu V: Descriptive statistics. \n<i>Int j Acad Med. <\/i>2018; 4: 60-63  \n<b>Comment<\/b> Results can start with a description of the sample;&nbsp; \n<b>Response<\/b> Sample description has been moved from methods to results section.  \n<b>Comment<\/b> The conclusion needs to be redone. Add whether the objectives of the study were achieved, the limits of the study, the strengths and divergent points of the research. \n<b>Response<\/b> Conclusion has been rewritten.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/12-894\/v3#referee-comment-10555","order":2,"name":"referee-comment-10555","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.158815.r262503, Vrati M. Mehra, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 13 Apr 2024, version 2, indexed","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/12-894\/v2#referee-response-262503","order":3,"name":"referee-response-262503","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"<b>Shaheed Soeker<\/b>; \n<i>Posted: 24 Jun 2024<\/i>; Introduction: 1) The statement: &quot;In most countries the incidence of MI is among the working population.&quot; references a study done on working age population in the United States alone. As such it is not the best study to show that MI is increasing globally and specifically in the working age population. A good source maybe the recent report from&nbsp;Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases.&nbsp;  2) The first reference is in Sub-Saharan Africa. Change sentence to indicate developed countries such as the United States experience the same thing.  3)Similarly please reconsider the reference for the statement &quot;Furthermore, research indicates that although the number of older individuals with MI has decreased, the number of younger individuals with MI has increased&quot; as the current study cited does not state that MIs have increased in younger populations and decreased in older populations.&nbsp; The intention was to illustrate that the working population is now increasingly affected by MI. Restructured the sentence to indicate that.  4) Kindly add &quot;after completing a CR program&quot; to the Aims and objectives so that they accurately describe that you are studying RTW only among those who completed a CR program.&nbsp; &quot;To determine the RTW rate of individuals with CVD after a cardiac incident after completing a CR program.&quot; &quot;To determine the impact of impairment and socio-demographic factors on an individual\u2019s ability to RTW after a cardiac incident after completing a CR program.  5) Added \u2018after completing CR program \u2026\u2019 to aims and objectives.  6)&nbsp;Procedures Kindly specify what were some reasons for people leaving questions incomplete.&nbsp;  7) Personal choice. Research participants chose to not answer questions that did not related to their context and life circumstances, e.g. they did not focus on commenting on their type of work they would want to do in the future as they were unemployed. In terms of the analysis only completed questionnaires were used.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;  8) I would suggest including a separate section in the Methods section that defines how each of the independent variables was coded and which option was treated as the reference option within each of these.&nbsp; Independent variables: Education, work, age, gender, marital status, medical condition. Sentence rephrased to indicate the socio-demographic made up the independent variables.&nbsp; Dependent variable: Return work rate&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  9) Methods, Analysis: Kindly specify how many months (SD) after the completion of CR were the participants interviewed about returning to work.&nbsp;  10) Varied but a min of 1 month&nbsp; as the cardiac rehab programme needed to be complete first. Added this to the results section.  11) The results mentioned in Paragraph 2 should be included in a table. The current Table 1 only includes p values for each variable.&nbsp;  12) Added a separate table with demographic details be included. See below Table 1. Table 1 should be modified to include categories where applicable for each of the variables. The Odds ratios, CI and P value. This is usually the way logistic regression results are reported in the literature.&nbsp;  13) Table has been modified to include the Odds ratio and CI.  14) Discussion, Work characteristic factors that influence RTW after cardiac incident: I would suggest that the authors also consider the importance of modification of duties at work after CVD so people can continue to work if they would like to do so. As well helping patients learn ways to reintegrate in work safely is also important.  15) Considerations regarding the individuals mental health and&nbsp; modifiable tasks should be done in partnership with the individuals employer. Ref: Predicting return to work following myocardial infarction: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study Sun, W., Gholizadeh, l., Perry, l., Kang, K Int J Environ Res Public Health. 19(13) 2022","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/12-894\/v3#referee-comment-11878","order":4,"name":"referee-comment-11878","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The authors of this article facilitated the process of this research with the support from the National Research Fund (South Africa). 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