Increasing walking in patients with intermittent claudication: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with intermittent claudication are at increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke compared to matched controls. Surgery for intermittent claudication is for symptom management and does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Increasing physical activity can reduce claudication symptoms and may improve cardiovascular health. This paper presents the pilot study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to test whether a brief psychological intervention leads to increased physical activity, improvement in quality of life, and a reduction in the demand for surgery, for patients with intermittent claudication.

Methods/design

We aim to recruit 60 patients newly diagnosed with intermittent claudication, who will be randomised into

SUBMITTER: Cunningham MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2958933 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature