October 28, 2019Journal of Exercise RehabilitationOpen Access

Quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery - results of cardiac rehabilitation programme

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to describe the process of developing skills in rehabilitation nursing through the design, implementation, and evaluation of a cardiac rehabilitation intervention program.

Does a cardiac rehabilitation program improve functional capacity and quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting?

Population

Patients submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting

Comparison

Outcomes at the beginning vs end of the cardiac rehabilitation program

Design

Quantitative exploratory study

Authors

JMJosé MoreiraUniversity of Évora JMJosé MoreiraUniversity of Évora EGEugénia Nunes GriloPolytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco

Discussion

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Implication

Cardiac rehab may aid post-CABG recovery; leaves open causal benefits without randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does a cardiac rehabilitation program improve functional capacity and quality of life in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting?

Population

11 patients (5 female, 6 male, aged 54-77 years) submitted to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at a single hospital in Portugal. Inclusion criteria: >18 years old, low or moderate risk of cardiac episode, class B for physical exercise, LVEF >40%, stable chronic heart failure, controlled arterial hypertension, no arrhythmias.

Intervention

Cardiac rehabilitation program consisting of phase I (during hospitalization: respiratory techniques, balance training, aerobic exercise, health education) and phase II (after discharge: supervised exercise 3x/week including aerobic hiking).

Outcome

Functional capacity measured by 6-minute walk test (6MWT) and health-related quality of life measured by Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36V2) at 1 month post-surgery.patient reported

A structured cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improves functional capacity and quality of life in patients recovering from coronary artery bypass grafting.

Limitations

Small sample size (n=11)
Non-probabilistic convenience sample
Only 6 patients completed both postoperative evaluations of the 6-minute walk test
Results only valid for the specific group of patients analyzed

Cite This Study

Moreira et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dfffae5379bb2b27d9819 https://doi.org/10.12965/jer.1938444.222

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Quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery - results of cardiac rehabilitation programme

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

Quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery - results of cardiac rehabilitation programme

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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