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Trial reportHeart (British Cardiac Society)1999

Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and vocational status following a 12 month cardiac exercise rehabilitation programme.

L D Dugmore, R J Tipson, M H Phillips, E J Flint, N H Stentiford, M F Bone, W A Littler

Abstract readClinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Heart (British Cardiac Society), 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  4. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  5. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011
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  17. Interventions that improve health-related quality of life in patients with myocardial infarction.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

L D DugmoreAction Heart, Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre, Wellesley House, 117 Wellington Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1UB, UK.
R J Tipson
M H Phillips
E J Flint
N H Stentiford
M F Bone
W A Littler

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine and evaluate improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, psychological wellbeing, quality of life, and vocational status in postmyocardial infarction patients during and after a comprehensive 12 month exercise rehabilitation programme. SUBJECTS: The sample population comprised 124 patients with a clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction (122 men and two women).

interventions62 patients were randomly allocated to a regular weekly aerobic training programme, three times a week for 12 months, and compared with 62 matched controls who did not receive any formal exercise training. A five year follow up questionnaire/interview was subsequently conducted on this population to determine selected vocational/lifestyle changes.

resultsSignificant improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness (p < 0.01-0.001), psychological profiles (p < 0.05-0.001), and quality of life scores (p < 0.001) were recorded in the treatment population when compared with their matched controls. Although there were no significant differences in mortality, a larger percentage of the regular exercisers resumed full time employment and they returned to work earlier than the controls. Controls took lighter jobs, lost more time from work, and suffered more non-fatal reinfarctions (p < 0.05-0.01).

conclusionsRegularly supervised and prolonged aerobic exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness, psychological status, and quality of life. The trained population also had a reduction in morbidity following myocardial infarction, and significant improvement in vocational status over a five year follow up period.

Indexed as

Physical Education and TrainingQuality of LifeWork Schedule ToleranceChi-Square DistributionElectrocardiographyExercise TestFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPrognosis

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PMID10092561
PMCPMC1729018

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