Why the study?
Coronary heart disease prevalence continues to rise in Saudi Arabia, but there are no established outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs in the country.
Does home-based cardiac rehabilitation improve functional capacity and psychological outcomes in patients post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery compared to outpatient rehabilitation or usual care?
Population
82 patients post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Comparison
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation vs outpatient-based cardiac rehabilitation vs usual care
Design
3-arm single-blind randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
4-week follow-up period
Authors
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Home-based CR may offer a practical alternative post-CABG in settings lacking outpatient programs; leaves open scalability and durability in larger trials.
Does home-based cardiac rehabilitation improve functional capacity and psychological outcomes in patients post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery compared to outpatient rehabilitation or usual care?
Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is as effective as outpatient-based rehabilitation for post-CABG patients and may be more effective at maintaining improvements after the intervention ends.
Takroni et al. (2020) studied this question.
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