Cardiac Rehabilitation and the 'active couch potato' phenomenon.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: coronary heart disease; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000995572
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Nicole Freene

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-09-22
• Study Completion: 2017-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

Attending a phase II (outpatient) cardiac rehabilitation program, with stable coronary heart disease and receiving optimal medical treatment +/- revascularisation, that is, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or another transcatheter procedure, or have had a myocardial infarction

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded if they have New York Heart Association class II-IV symptoms of heart failure (or documented signs and symptoms of chronic heart failure, with ejection fraction < 45%), uncontrolled arrhythmias, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, uncontrolled hypertension, symptomatic peripheral artery disease, unstable angina, uncontrolled diabetes, are unable to perform a submaximal walking test (6-minute walk test), or are unable to wear an accelerometer due to disability, for example, if they are confined to a wheelchair.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity (accelerometry, Active Australia Survey)[Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 and 12 months];Sedentary behaviour (accelerometry, Past-Day Adults' Sedentary Time questionnaire)[Baseline, 6 weeks, 6 and 12 months]