Maintenance of exercise after phase II cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who have completed Phase II cardiac rehabilitation have low rates of maintenance of exercise after program completion, despite the importance of sustaining regular exercise to prevent future cardiac events.

Purpose

The efficacy of a home-based intervention to support exercise maintenance among patients who had completed Phase II cardiac rehabilitation versus contact control was evaluated.

Design

An RCT was used to evaluate the intervention. Data were collected in 2005-2010 and analyzed in 2010.

Setting/participants

One hundred thirty patients (mean age=63.6 years [SD=9.7], 20.8% female) were randomized to exercise counseling (Maintenance Counseling group, n=64) or contact control (Contact Control group, n=66).

Intervention

Maintenance

SUBMITTER: Pinto BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3160619 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature