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A comparison of home and hospital-based exercise training in heart failure: immediate and long-term effects upon physical activity level

Author: Cowie, A. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 60 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Physical activity /exercise
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+MT+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity Accelerometer
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)

Patient characteristics

Age: 66.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.81) Gender: 15.0% female/85.0% male Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Effects of home versus hospital-based exercise training in chronic heart failure Link: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.04.117. Home- versus hospital-based exercise training in heart failure: an economic analysis Link: 10.5837/bjc.2014.011