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Home-based exercise improves the quality of life and physical function but not the psychological status of people with chronic heart failure: A randomised trial

Author: Chien, C. L. Country/countries: Taiwan Number of patients participating in the study: 51 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: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Physical Activities Physical activities Groningen Activity Restriction Scale
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 58.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 16.0) Gender: N/A 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
Physical Activities - Physical activities
Quality of life - Quality of life