Why the study?
Sleep disorders are very common in patients with heart disease, prompting an evaluation of how cardiac rehabilitation affects sleep quality, quality of life, anxiety, depression, and functional capacity.
Does an 8-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program improve sleep quality in patients with heart disease?
Population
240 patients with heart disease in a cardiac rehabilitation program
Comparison
Pre-test vs post-test after an 8-week cardiac rehabilitation program
Design
Pre-test/post-test study
Follow-up
8 weeks
Key result
An 8-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improved sleep quality in heart disease patients, reducing the median Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score from 7 to 6 (p=0.008).
Authors
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Non-clinically significant sleep gains with cardiac rehab should not change practice; leaves open causality and optimal program effects.
Observational (n=240)
No
Does an 8-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program improve sleep quality in patients with heart disease?
Effect estimate: -1.00 median change
Absolute Event Rate: 6% vs 7%
p-value: p=0.008
An 8-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program statistically improved sleep quality, quality of life, anxiety, depression, and functional capacity in heart disease patients, though the change in sleep quality was not clinically significant.
Lodi-Rizzini et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Heart disease (revascularization, heart failure, or valve surgery) (n=240). Multidisciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Program vs. Baseline (pre-intervention) was evaluated on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) total score (-1.00 median change, p=0.008). An 8-week multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improved sleep quality in heart disease patients, reducing the median Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score from 7 to 6 (p=0.008).
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