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Table 1 Results of HWE audits, N = 45

From: Evaluating the Heart Wise Exercise™ program: a model for safe community exercise programming

Criteria

n (%) meeting

1. Encouraging daily aerobic exercise

32/45 (71.1 %)

2a. Incorporating a warm-up

44/44 (100.0 %)

2b. Incorporated a cool down

42/42 (100.0 %)

2c. Encouraging self-monitoring

38/45 (84.4 %)

3. Allowing participants to exercise at a safe level and offering options to modify intensity

42/43 (97.7 %)

4. Accepting participants with chronic health conditionsa

29/29 (100.0 %)

5. Offering health screening for all participantsa

27/29 (93.1 %)

6a. Having a documented emergency plan that is known to all fitness leadersa

26/29 (89.7 %)

6b. Fitness leaders have current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certificationa

27/29 (93.1 %)

6c. Phone access to local paramedic servicesa

28/29 (96.6 %)

6d. Having an automated external defibrillator on-sitea

28/28 (100.0 %)

  1. aassessed at the facility-level. All other items assessed at the exercise class-level. Please note items 6a and b were assessed at both the facility and exercise class levels