The Research Aims to Study the Effectiveness of a Physical Exercise Program on Indicators of Quality of Life and Functionality: It Will be Applied at Home to People Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, in Phase II of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Cardiac Surgery; Rehabilitation Program; Quality of Life; Functional Status

• Registration Number: NCT07153874
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an physical exercise intervention in people after cardiac surgery, namely valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: • what is the influence of a physical exercise program on quality of life in people after cardiac surgery • what is the influence of a physical exercise program on functional status in people after cardiac surgery. Participants will be allocated to exepriemtal group and perform a physical exercise program during 12 weeks and the program is composed by aerobic and anaerobic exercise. They will be evaluated at the beginning, middle and in the end of the program. Researchers will compare the experimental and the control group to see the effects in quality of life and functional status.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-02-19
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-10
• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Study First Submitted: 2025-08-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-08-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-08-30
• Study Completion: 2025-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2025-09-04
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functionality	The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).	Functionality is the ability regarding basic physical and cognitive activities such as walking or reaching, focusing attention, and communicating, as well as the routine activities of daily living, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring, and toileting; and life situations such as school or play for children and, for adults, work outside the home or maintaining a household. It will be measured by the London Chest Daily Activities scale.
Perceived Quality of life	The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).	Quality of life is a generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. It will be measured by the Short Form-36 quality of life assessment scale.
Tolerance to physical exercise	The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).	Tolerance to physical exercise is the exercise capacity of an individual as measured by endurance (maximal exercise duration and/or maximal attained work load) during an exercise test. It will be measured by the 6-minute walk test.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João; 🇵🇹 Porto, Porto District, Portugal