Program participation, exercise adherence, cardiovascular outcomes, and program cost of traditional versus modified cardiac rehabilitation
Program participation, exercise adherence, cardiovascular outcomes, and program cost of traditional versus modified cardiac rehabilitation
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00822-5
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发表时间:
2000-07-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
VanderLaan, RL
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作者:
Carlson, JJ;Johnson, JA;VanderLaan, RL
Common concerns with the traditional protocol (TP) for cardiac rehabilitation include suboptimal program participation, poor facilitation of independent exercise, the use of costly continuous electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring, and lack of insurance reimbursement. To address these concerns, a reduced cost-modified protocol (MP) was developed to promote independent exercise. Eighty low- to moderate-risk cardiac patients were randomized to a TP (n = 42) or a MP (n = 38) and were compared over 6 months on program participation, exercise adherence, cardiovascular outcomes, and program costs. During month 1, patients followed identical regimens, including 3 ECG-monitored exercise sessions/ week, with encouragement to achieve greater than or equal to 5 thirty-minute sessions/week. In week 5, the TP continued with a facility-based regimen including 3 exercise sessions/week for 6 months and used ECG monitoring the initial 3 months, The MP discontinued ECG monitoring in week 5 and were gradually weaned to an off-site exercise regimen that was complemented with educational support meetings and telephone follow-up. Compared with TP patients, MP patients had higher rates of off-site exercise over 6 months (p = 0.05), and total exercise (on site + off site) during the final 3 months (p = 0.03). Also, MP patients were less likely to drop out (p = 0.05). Both protocols promoted comparable improvements in maximal oxygen uptake (p