Feasibility of multidisciplinary prehabilitation in older persons undergoing cardiac surgery: a pilot study

SW0 sites12 target enrollmentSeptember 25, 2023

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

September 25, 2023

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•Age: 65 years and older
•Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) 3\-7 as assessed by Cardiothoracic surgery clinical nurse specialist (CNC), cardiologist, cardiothoracic surgeon or study personnel, at the time of agreeing to surgery at the surgeons’ rooms (including private rooms) or heart team meeting or at preadmission clinic.
•Elective cardiac interventions include: elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG); aortic valve repair/replacement; mitral valve repair/replacement or combined coronary artery bypass/valve procedure, Bentall’s and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
•Participants with an estimated 2 or more weeks of surgical waiting list time.
•Ability to provide informed consent for participation and able to communicate in English.
•A family member is encouraged to be present for any participant who is performing aerobic training at home.

•Participants with unstable or recently unstable cardiac syndrome/haemodynamic instability (New York Heart Association Class IV, critical left main coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) before phone interview).
•Participants with severe aortic or mitral stenosis whom cardiac surgeons and/or cardiologist advise not to participate in this study/exercise programs. Such participants may be referred to see a geriatrician and/or a dietitian as indicated separately to the study. Participants awaiting urgent or emergency cardiac interventions with estimated wait time of less than 2 weeks.
•Participants without medical clearance and or deemed not fit” to exercise from the surgeons or cardiologist review.