Supported Home-based Exercise Training Versus Usual Care After Cardiac Rehabilitation. A Randomized Controlled Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 48
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Peak oxygen uptake
Study Overview
Brief Summary
It is known that organized cardiac rehabilitation is effective in improving exercise capacity in coronary heart disease patients. Less is known about the long-term results after cardiac rehabilitation. Earlier studies have shown that many patients quit exercising when no longer attending formal rehabilitation. The investigators wish to investigate the effect of a maintenance program after ending a rehabilitation program, and to compare this to usual care. The investigators hypothesis is that the maintenance program will result in higher exercise capacity and more physical activity compared to usual care.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 35 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •coronary heart disease patients
Exclusion Criteria
- •unstable angina pectoris
- •hemodynamic significant valve disease (> New York Heart Association class II)
- •pregnancy
- •left ventricular ejection fraction <30%
- •kidney failure (creatinin > 140)
- •uncontrolled hypertension
Arms & Interventions
Maintenance program
Patients will attend a "motivational exercise session" once monthly. They will also be tested (exercise test with measurement of peak oxygen uptake) every third months.
Intervention: Exercise training (Behavioral)
Control
Usual care. The patients will receive the usual care provided by the hospital and community health services
Intervention: Control (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Peak oxygen uptake
Time Frame: baseline and 12 months
The change in peak oxygen uptake from baseline to 12 months after baseline. In the intervention group, the peak oxygen uptake will be measured also every 3 months during the intervention period, and this will be reported
Secondary Outcomes
- Blood markers(baseline and 12 months)
- Death(baseline and 12 months)
- Endothelial function(baseline and 12 months)
- Quality of life(baseline and 12 months)
- Myocardial infarction(baseline and 12 months)
- Hospital readmission(baseline and 12 months)
- Physical activity(baseline and 12 months)