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tailored education recommended cardiac patients yet little known information needs areas world needed study aims assess measurement properties information needs cardiac rehabilitation short version incrs scale ii patients information needs globally crosssectional study english simplified chinese portuguese korean versions incrs administered outpatients via qualtrics january 2022november 2023 members international council cardiovascular prevention rehabilitation community facilitated recruitment importance knowledge sufficiency 36 items rated links evidencebased lay education provided warranted total 1601 patients 19 middle highincome countries across world participated structural validity supported upon factor analysis five subscales extracted symptom responsemedication heart diseasesdiagnostic teststreatments exercise returntolife rolesprogrammes support risk factors healthy eatingpsychosocial management cronbachs alpha 097 construct validity supported significantly higher knowledge sufficiency ratings items information importance ratings subscales cardiac rehabilitation cr enrolees vs nonenrolees p 0001 items rated importantparticularly regarding cardiac events nutrition exercise benefits medications symptom response risk factor control crbut highincome countries americas western pacific knowledge sufficiency ranged 300 674 varying region income class ratings highest medications lowest support groups resistance training alternative medicine identification information needs using valid reliable incrs inform educational approaches optimize patients health outcomes across globe