Key result
Telephone-monitored home-based exercise training conferred greater long-term benefit on peak Vo2 (1506 vs 1393 ml/min; p=0.017) and physical activity compared with hospital-based cardiac rehab.
Why the study?
Does telephone-monitored home-based exercise training improve long-term exercise capacity and habitual physical activity compared to hospital-based training in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Population
144 patients who participated in a prior RCT of cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass graft…
Comparison
6 months of telephone-monitored home-based… vs 6 months of hospital-based exercise training…
Design
RCT, randomised controlled trial
Follow-up
6 years
Authors
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Favors telephone-monitored home-based over hospital-based rehab after CABG; extends RCT evidence for sustained exercise capacity.
RCT (n=144)
randomised
No
Does telephone-monitored home-based exercise training improve long-term exercise capacity and habitual physical activity compared to hospital-based training in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Absolute Event Rate: 1506% vs 1393%
p-value: p=0.017
Telephone-monitored home-based exercise training after CABG confers greater long-term benefits on exercise capacity and physical activity at 6 years compared to traditional hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation.
Smith et al. (2011) conducted an RCT in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (n=144). Telephone-monitored home-based exercise training vs. Hospital-based exercise training was evaluated on Peak oxygen uptake (peak Vo2) (p=0.017). Telephone-monitored home-based exercise training conferred greater long-term benefit on peak Vo2 (1506 vs 1393 ml/min; p=0.017) and physical activity compared with hospital-based cardiac rehab.
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