Home-based cardiac rehabilitation and physical activity in people with heart failure: a secondary analysis of the REACH-HF randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify the impact of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention (Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF)) on objectively assessed physical activity (PA) of patients with heart failure (HF) and explore the extent by which patient characteristics are associated with a change in PA.

Design

Secondary analysis of randomised controlled trial data.

Setting

Five centres in the UK.

Participants

247 patients with HF (mean age 70.9±10.3 years; 28% women).

Interventions

REACH-HF versus usual care (control).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

PA was assessed over 7 days via GENEActiv triaxial accelerometer at baseline (pre-randomisation), post-intervention (4 months) and final follow-up (6-12 months). Using HF-sp

SUBMITTER: Dibben GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature