Key result
A cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improved exercise tolerance time (7.1 vs 5.2 minutes; P<.001) and other clinical variables, though many benefits stabilized or worsened at 12 months.
Why the study?
Does an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program improve clinical and analytical variables in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Population
59 patients with cardiovascular disease
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Supports short-term cardiac rehab gains in CVD; leaves open strategies to sustain benefits at 12 months.
Observational (n=59)
Does an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program improve clinical and analytical variables in patients with cardiovascular disease?
Absolute Event Rate: 7.1% vs 5.2%
p-value: p=<.001
Cardiac rehabilitation improves functional capacity, anthropometric measures, and metabolic parameters in the short term, but maintaining these benefits at 12 months remains challenging.
Roca-Rodríguez et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular disease (n=59). Cardiac rehabilitation program vs. Baseline (pre-intervention) was evaluated on Exercise tolerance time (minutes) (p=<.001). A cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improved exercise tolerance time (7.1 vs 5.2 minutes; P<.001) and other clinical variables, though many benefits stabilized or worsened at 12 months.
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