The prevalence and determinants of daily physical activity in heart failure patients: a performance based study.

Completed

Conditions: compensatio cordis
heart insufficienty
10019280

Registration Number: NL-OMON34681

Lead Sponsor: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• Heart failure NYHA II-III
• Evidence of structural underlying heart disease
• Unchanged medication >= 4 weeks
• Age >= 18 years
• Able to walk or cycle
• Able to understand and fill in Dutch questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

• Life expectancy < 1 year
• Last six months Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/Coronary Artery Bypass Graft/Heart Transplantation/valvular replacement or planned such an intervention within the next 3 months
• Ventricle tachycardia (VT*s) and atrium fibrillation (AF) during increased physical activity
• Difficult to tune Diabetes Mellitus
• Recent lung embolism (<3 months ago) which is hemodynamic a burden
• Inclusion in another study

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameter is the DPA of the participants. DPA is an<br /><br>umbrella-term for total energy expenditure (cal), number of steps, average<br /><br>METS, active energy expenditure (cal), physical activity duration (>=3 METS),<br /><br>time spend on activities at sedentary (up to 3 METS), moderate (3-6 METS),<br /><br>vigorous (6-9 METS) and very vigorous (9 METS and higher) intensity.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Scores on the following questionnaires are the secondary study parameters; the<br /><br>Bandura*s Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale, the Self-Regulation<br /><br>Questionnaire-Exercise, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Revised<br /><br>Compliance Questionnaire, the Cardiac Attitudes Index, the Control Attitude<br /><br>Scale, the Minimal Insomnia Symptom Scale and the Berlin Questionnaire.</p><br>