Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Disease

• Registration Number: NCT01540006
• Lead Sponsor: Paracelsus Medical University

Brief Summary

The aim of this prospective trial is the manifestation of guidelines developed for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria.

The evaluation of prospective and retrospective data is supposed to give evidence on morbidity and/or mortality advantages compared to patients not participating in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

The database created in this context is supposed to pave the way as instrument to document and comprehend quality and cost effectiveness of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria as a key for quality management.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-27
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-28
• Primary Completion: 2014-05
• Study Completion: 2014-05
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

• heart disease

Exclusion Criteria

• participation in another study within the previous 6 months
• Medical conditions which prevent patients from complying with the exercise program
• Acute infections
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Pulmonary artery embolism or phlebothrombosis within the previous 6 months
• Unstable angina pectoris
• Heart failure (NYHA IV)
• Hemodynamically unstable arrhythmia

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical work capacity (PWC)	6 weeks	PWC is measuered by gradded exercise test on cycling ergometer before and after rehabilitation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation Paracelsus Medical University; 🇦🇹 Salzburg, Austria