Can the participation in a cardiac exercise group for patients with severe heart disease improve quality of life, social participation and physical as well as cognitive performance?: a longitudinal pilot study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: I50
I50.0
I27.28
I47.2
I46.0
I42
I42.1
I34
I35
I36

Registration Number: DRKS00033561

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Geriatrie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

At least one of the following possible diagnoses:
- Heart failure with shortness of breath on exertion (LVEF < 40%, NYHA II-III)
- Severe right heart failure
- Recurrent/persistent ventricular arrhythmia
- Moderately severe symptomatic valvular heart disease
- Survival of sudden cardiac death in the 1st year with ICD/survived cardiac arrest
- Hypertrophic (obstructive) cardiomyopathy with/without ICD
- Body weight < 150 kg
- Participants must be able to ride the bicycle ergometer
- Ability to walk, if necessary with aids, must be given

Exclusion Criteria

Participants are excluded who
- are unable to understand the study information or give written consent due to cognitive or visual impairments.
- have insufficient German language skills to understand the information and survey instruments.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life and health status (EQ-5D-5L; EQ VAS), social participation (IMET questionnaire), functional (hand strength, 6-minute walk test) and cognitive performance (MoCa test, puzzle test, self-reported subjective memory impairment), sarcopenia status (SARC-F questionnaire), anxiety and depression (HADS questionnaire) as well as sport and exercise-related motivation (SSK scale) after 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
socio-demographic data (e.g., gender, education), clinical data (e.g., including height, weight, BMI), frailty status (Clinical Frailty Scale), activity of daily living (IPAQ questionnaire)