Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is an attractive alternative to no cardiac rehabilitation for elderly patients with coronary heart disease: results from a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) with usual care (control group with no rehabilitation) in elderly patients who declined participation in centre-based CR.

Design

Randomised clinical trial with 12 months follow-up and mortality data after 5.5 years (mean follow-up 4½ years).

Setting

Rehabilitation unit, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Participants

Elderly patients ≥65 years with coronary heart disease.

Intervention

A physiotherapist made home visits in order to develop an individualised exercise programme that could be performed at home and surrounding outdoor area. Risk factor intervention, medical adjustment, physical and psychological assessments were offered at baseline and after 3, 6 and 12 months.

SUBMITTER: Oerkild B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3533030 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature