Physical activity after cardiac events (PACES)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Diabetes, Primary sub-specialty: Both; UKCRC code/ Disease: Cardiovascular/ Other forms of heart disease; Circulatory System; Coranry Heart Disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN91163727
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Leicester

Brief Summary

2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30286797 results 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33637567/ results (added 01/03/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-02-27
• Study Completion: 2020-01-02
• Last Update Posted: 17 January 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 291

Inclusion Criteria

Current participant inclusion criteria as of 13/02/2019:
1. Aged 18 years or older
2. 12-48 months post confirmed diagnosis of a cardiac event (myocardial infarction, angina or acute coronary syndrome)
3. Able to speak and read English to participate effectively in a group education programme
4. Willing and able to attend the education sessions and clinic visits
5. Willing and able to give informed consent
6. Access to a mobile phone in order to receive text messages
7. Willingness to allow GP notification of their participation in study and access to patient records for purpose of study
8. Able to take part in moderate physical activity as assessed using Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) (Level three or above)

Previous participant inclusion criteria:
1. Aged 18 years or older
2. 12-36 months post confirmed diagnosis of a cardiac event (myocardial infarction, angina or acute coronary syndrome)
3. Able to speak and read English to participate effectively in a group education programme
4. Willing and able to attend the education sessions and clinic visits
5. Willing and able to give informed consent
6. Access to a mobile phone in order to receive text messages
7. Willingness to allow GP notification of their participation in study and access to patient records for purpose of study
8. Able to take part in moderate physical activity as assessed using Incremental Shuttle Walk Test (ISWT) (Level three or above)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Individuals with a diagnosis of heart failure where the underlying primary cause is not myocardial disease as a result of atherosclerosis will be excluded from this study
2. Musculoskeletal limitations that would limit physical activity (e.g. musculoskeletal injury)
3. Participation in another clinical intervention study in the past 12 weeks
4. Lacks capacity to give informed consent
5. Severe life-threatening co-morbidity (e.g. malignancy)
6. Poor exercise capacity, (< level three on the ISWT [120 metres]), these individuals will be directed back into cardiac rehabilitation (good practice)
7. Housebound or immobile
8. Unstable symptoms (chest pain or breathlessness at rest; unstable stage II hypertension [160/100mmHg], not on necessary medications)
9. Individuals with no or limited understanding of written or verbal English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified