Home based versus centre based cardiac rehabilitation: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the effect of home based and supervised centre based cardiac rehabilitation on mortality and morbidity, health related quality of life, and modifiable cardiac risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in the Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO, without language restriction, searched from 2001 to January 2008.

Review methods

Reference lists checked and advice sought from authors. Included randomised controlled trials that compared centre based cardiac rehabilitation with home based programmes in adults with acute myocardial infarction, angina, or heart failure or who had undergone coronary revascularisation. Two rev

SUBMITTER: Dalal HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2808470 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature