Key result
Six-week BESMILE-HF program improves self-efficacy and maintains exercise capacity vs usual care in chronic HF.
Why the study?
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs in China face scarcity and unaffordability, prompting the need to assess the feasibility and preliminary effects of the Baduanjin-based BESMILE-HF program.
Does the BESMILE-HF program improve self-efficacy and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure?
Comparison
BESMILE-HF program plus usual medications vs usual medications alone
Design
Pilot randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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Supports short-term BESMILE-HF use to boost self-efficacy in chronic HF; extends cardiac rehabilitation evidence to culturally adapted programs.
RCT (n=18)
Does the BESMILE-HF program improve self-efficacy and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure?
Effect estimate: MD 3.2 (95% CI 0.6-5.9)
p-value: p=0.004
The BESMILE-HF program, a contextually adapted cardiac rehabilitation program using Baduanjin exercise, is feasible and improves self-efficacy in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure.
Chen et al. (2021) conducted an RCT in Chronic heart failure (n=18). BESMILE-HF program (Baduanjin exercise with self-efficacy building) vs. Usual medications was evaluated on Change in self-efficacy (MD 3.2, 95% CI 0.6-5.9, p=0.004). The 6-week BESMILE-HF program significantly improved self-efficacy compared to usual care (MD 3.2; 95% CI 0.6-5.9; p=0.004) and maintained exercise capacity in chronic heart failure patients.
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