Evaluation of a training pogramm for patients with coronary heart disease

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: coronary heart disease
I25
Chronic ischaemic heart disease

Registration Number: DRKS00000394

Lead Sponsor: Schwerpunktpraxis fürKardiologie / Angiologie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 406

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age between 18-90 years
2. Patients with with coronary heart disease (in accordance with RSAV)
3. Ergometry within last 12 weeks
4. Ergometry in accordance with quality standards of the German society for research of cardiovascular diseases
5. ergometric achived power level of minimal 2 minutes 75 watt
6.Willingness and possibility to attend the training

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients, which are not able to answer questions of the questionnaires independently
2. Severe disease at final stage
3. Life expectancy under 6 months
4. Psychosis , severe dementia, nonexistence of contractual capability
5. Alcohol, drug and medication abuse
6. Participation on other studies

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It will be tested two primary endpoints:<br><br>1st Improving physical activity daily 6 months after patients include in the study. Here, the intervention effect is expected from at least two hours per week times more activity (17% improvement in the Freiburg activity questionnaire).<br>2nd Improvement of disease-related quality of life 6 months after patients include in the study. Here, the intervention effect is expected by at least 0.5 points (10%) improvement in MacNew questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1st Improve awareness of risk factors. Here is a significant improvement in Bochum assessment questionnaire expected.<br>2nd Improve the ergometric performance (a minute longer at the maximum level).<br>3rd Improvement of risk factors (self-report)<br>4th Improve emergency skills (self report)<br>5th report reduction in the number of cardiovascular endpoints (MI, bypass op, percutaneous coronary intervention, hospitalization because of CHD> 2 days) (self report)<br>6th Increasing the number of heart group participants (self report)<br>7th Reduction in body weight