Trial reportJournal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
Mediators of exercise maintenance after cardiac rehabilitation.
Trial report in Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Kinesiophobia and autonomous motivation for cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: sequential mediation by social support and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Factors Influencing the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Physical Functional Capacity After Cardiac Rehabilitation.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses · 2020Article
- Systematic Review of Interventions Designed to Maintain or Increase Physical Activity Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II.Rehabilitation process and outcome · 2020Review
- Psychological Aspects of Cardiac Care and Rehabilitation: Time to Wake Up to Sleep?Current cardiology reports · 2015Review
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Abstract
purposeExercise maintenance after completing phase II cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is challenging for many patients. A telephone-based maintenance intervention improved exercise participation compared with a control group at 12 months post-CR discharge. We examined the 6-month mediators of intervention effects on exercise.
methodsIn a randomized controlled trial, 130 patients who had completed CR (mean age: 63.6 [SD = 9.7] years, 20.8% female) were randomized to Maintenance Counseling (n = 64) or Contact Control (n = 66). Putative mediators examined the following: self-efficacy, behavioral processes of change, decisional balance index, social support for exercise, and enjoyment of exercise.
resultsMultiple mediation analyses showed that the intervention significantly increased social support from friends at 6 months but not the other constructs. Decreasing support from friends mediated greater exercise participation in Maintenance Counseling than in Contact Control at 12 months.
conclusionsSocial support from friends functioned as a suppressor mediator for exercise maintenance among cardiac patients.
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