Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Facilitating Exercise Habit Formation among Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Strategies to improve adherence to exercise-based phase II cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention: a best evidence summary.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of booster strategies to promote physical activity maintenance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing exercise determinants between Black and White older adults with heart failure.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- Maintaining habitual physical activity by overcoming disruptive competing actions: mechanisms and interventions.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Physical Activity Behaviour and Motivation During and Following Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Repeated Measures Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring physical activity preferences and motivation in long-term cardiac prevention: An Austrian cross-sectional survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Perceived Facilitators and Barriers for Actual Arm Use during Everyday Activities in Community Dwelling Individuals with Chronic Stroke.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- How and Why Patients Adhere to a Prescribed Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: A Longitudinal Phenomenological Study of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe importance of promoting exercise adherence among individuals with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is imperative. However, challenges in maintaining behavior among ACS patients are also well-documented. Emerging findings in the general population have supported the use of habit-formation techniques, which include incorporating routine consistency and cues, to be effective for facilitating exercise behavior. The effectiveness of habit formation approaches, however, has not been tested on participants with ACS. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of facilitating physical activity habits among patients with ACS in a two-arm, parallel design, randomized controlled pilot trial.
methodsParticipants (n = 13) were older adult patients (M age = 64.20, SD = 5.35) with ACS who were referred to a cardiac rehabilitation center. The experimental group attended monthly group meetings from months 1-3 and received phone call follow-ups from months 4-6.
conclusionsThe experimental group showed an increase in weekly moderate-to-vigorous level physical activity, M = 228.20 mins (SD = 112.45), compared with the control group, M = 151.17 (SD = 112.22),
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