Kristi Boggess, Emily Hayes, Mary Lizzie Duffy, Chayawat Indranoi, Andrew B Sorey, Tamara Blaine, Leslie McKeon
{"title":"Nurse-Led Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Coordination Program: Improving Functional Outcomes for Patients Through Automatic Referral and Effective Care Coordination.","authors":"Kristi Boggess, Emily Hayes, Mary Lizzie Duffy, Chayawat Indranoi, Andrew B Sorey, Tamara Blaine, Leslie McKeon","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000854","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the impact of automated cardiac rehabilitation (CR) referral and nurse care coordination on patient and program outcomes. Specifically, the aim was to identify whether differences exist in physical and psychological function at CR Phase 2 enrollment and completion and CR Phase 2 participation and completion for hospitalized patients who receive in-person CR nurse visits versus phone consultation. Using a retrospective pre-/post-intervention descriptive design, a purposive sampling technique was used to select groups with matching clinical attributes. Dates were selected to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on CR program enrollment and completion.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were abstracted from the patient electronic medical record, telemetry documentation, and CR referral tracking tool. Patient descriptors included age, sex, cardiac diagnosis/procedure (post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery, myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, heart failure, and aortic valve repair and replacement) and cardiac risk stratification category. Patient functional outcomes included the 6-min walk test and metabolic equivalents of task levels for functional capacity; psychological function was measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire assessment. Program outcomes included discharge to CR Phase 2 enrollment, CR sessions, and completion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Each group had 52 patients. Age was 64 ± 12 yr, 68% were male. Perhaps indications for CR included coronary artery bypass graft surgery (44%), myocardial infarction (19%), percutaneous coronary intervention (20%), heart failure (10%), aortic valve repair and replacement (8%). Cardiac risk was low in 30%, intermediate in 65%, and high in 5%. The post-intervention group compared with the pre-intervention group had a shorter discharge to CR Phase 2 enrollment (35 ± 18 d vs 41 ± 28 d, P = .078) and significantly fewer sessions required for CR completion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Automated CR referral and nurse care coordination visits for hospitalized patients decreased the transition period between CR Phase 1 and 2. Patients were physically and psychologically prepared for earlier CR Phase 2 enrollment and successfully completed the program in fewer days than the pre-intervention group.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"168-173"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140158221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sulamunn R M Coleman, Katherine E Menson, Brian R Katz, Michael J DeSarno, Diann E Gaalema
{"title":"Examining Associations Between Baseline Health-Related Quality of Life and Depression and Physical Functioning Improvement Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation.","authors":"Sulamunn R M Coleman, Katherine E Menson, Brian R Katz, Michael J DeSarno, Diann E Gaalema","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000844","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000844","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study examined whether health-related quality of life (HRQL) and depression assessed prior to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) participation (ie, at baseline) predicted change in 6-min walk distance (6MWD) from baseline to end of PR.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with pulmonary disease were consecutively referred/enrolled in a PR program from 2009-2022 (N = 503). Baseline 6MWD was assessed along with self-report measures of HRQL (St George's Respiratory Questionnaire [SGRQ]) and depression (Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS]). The SGRQ total score was used to assess overall HRQL, and SGRQ subscales assessed pulmonary symptoms, activity limitations, and psychosocial impacts of pulmonary disease. Multiple linear regression was used to examine whether baseline SGRQ scores and depression predicted Δ6MWD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Baseline SGRQ total score ( F(1,389) = 8.4, P = .004) and activity limitations ( F(1,388) = 4.8, P = .03) predicted Δ6MWD. Patients with an SGRQ activity limitation score ≤ 25th percentile showed the most 6MWD improvement (mean = 79.7 m, SE = 6.7), and significantly more improvement than participants scoring between the 50-75th percentiles (mean = 54.4 m, SE = 6.0) or >75th percentile (mean = 48.7 m, SE = 7.5). Patients scoring between the 25-50th percentiles (mean = 70.2 m, SE = 6.1) did not differ significantly from other groups. The SGRQ symptoms and impacts subscales were unrelated to Δ6MWD ( F(1,388) = 1.2-1.9, P > .05), as was depression ( F(1,311) = 0.0, P > .85).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with greater HRQL at baseline may experience greater physical functioning improvement following PR. Additional support for patients with lower HRQL (eg, adjunctive self-management interventions) may enhance PR outcomes, particularly for patients who report greater activity limitations. Alternatively, early referral to PR (ie, when less symptomatic) may also benefit physical function outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"187-193"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11065617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140131552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reference Standards of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Measured With the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Using the Treadmill in Chinese Adults Younger Than 60 Years.","authors":"Jia Huang, Lianhua Yin, Xia Li, Qiurong Xie, Youze He, Lijuan Wu, Xuling Ni, Zhizhen Liu, Liyuan Tao, Jing Tao, Lidian Chen","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000856","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a strong predictor of cardiorespiratory diseases and varies by race. The purpose of this study was to provide CRF reference standards and a prediction equation for peak oxygen uptake (V˙O 2peak ) from treadmill-based cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in Chinese individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Healthy participants (n = 4199) who completed a CPX using a treadmill were studied. The percentiles of V˙O 2peak were determined for four age groups (decades). A regression prediction model was developed from the derivation cohort (n = 3361), validated in the independent validation cohort (n = 838), and compared with the widely used Wasserman equation and the Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise National Database (FRIEND) equation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean V˙O 2peak values of four age groups (20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50-59 yr) were 42.6, 41.2, 38.7, and 35.9 mL/kg/min, respectively, for men, and 37.1, 34.7, 32.0, and 30.3 mL/kg/min, respectively, for women. The 50th percentiles of relative V˙O 2peak decreased with age for both sexes. The prediction equation was: Absolute V˙O 2peak (mL/min) = 236.68 - (504.64 × sex [male = 0; female = 1]) + (21.23× weight [kg]) - (14.31 × age [yr]) + (9.46 × height [cm]) (standard error of the estimate = 379.59 mL/min, R2 = 0.66, P < .001).Percentage predicted V˙O 2peak for the validation sample was 100.2%. The novel equation performed better than the other two equations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study reports the first CRF reference standards and prediction equation generated from treadmill CPX in China. These reference standards provide a framework for interpreting the CRF of the Chinese population and could be useful information for a global CRF database.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"212-218"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140131553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Refer Patients Earlier to Enhance Outcomes.","authors":"Brian Carlin, Joel W Hughes","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000875","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000875","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":"44 3","pages":"149"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140863159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sex Differences in Depressive Symptoms in 1308 Patients Post-Stroke at Entry to Cardiac Rehabilitation.","authors":"XiaoWei Du, Dina Brooks, Paul Oh, Susan Marzolini","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000848","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The objective of this study was to determine whether a sex difference exists in the prevalence of post-stroke depressive symptoms (PSDS) at entry to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and to determine the correlates of PSDS in all patients, and in women and men separately.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>People post-stroke at entry to CR from database records (2006-2017) were included. Bivariate analyses identified PSDS correlates (≥16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) in all patients and women and men separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients (n = 1308, 28.9% women), mean age of 63.9 ± 12.9 yr, were 24.2 ± 9.9 mo post-stroke at CR entry. Among all patients, 30.0% had PSDS. A greater proportion of women than men had PSDS (38.6 vs 26.6%; P < .001). Correlates of PSDS in all patients were sex (women) (OR = 1.6: 95% CI, 1.14-2.12), being unemployed, ≤60 yr old, prescribed antidepressant medication, having lower cardiorespiratory fitness (peak oxygen uptake [V̇ o2peak ]), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), higher body mass index (BMI), no transient ischemic attack, and longer time from stroke to CR entry (>12 mo). Correlates in women were being obese (BMI ≥ 30), 51-70 yr old, prescribed antidepressant medication, and not married. Correlates in men were being ≤60 yr old, unemployed, prescribed antidepressant medication, having lower V̇ o2peak , sleep apnea, COPD, and no hypertension.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Women were disproportionately affected by PSDS at entry to CR in bivariate and multivariable analyses. Women and men had mostly unique correlates of PSDS, indicating tailored strategies to address PSDS are required. PSDS disproportionately affected patients with longer delay to CR entry, suggesting efforts should target timely referral to facilitate earlier and repeated assessments and management.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"202-211"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William A Middleton, Patrick D Savage, Sherrie Khadanga, Jason L Rengo, Philip A Ades, Diann E Gaalema
{"title":"Anxiety Predicts Worse Cardiorespiratory Fitness Outcomes in Cardiac Rehabilitation for Lower Socioeconomic Status Patients.","authors":"William A Middleton, Patrick D Savage, Sherrie Khadanga, Jason L Rengo, Philip A Ades, Diann E Gaalema","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000852","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to show that patients in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) with lower socioeconomic status (SES) have worse clinical profiles and higher rates of psychiatric difficulties and they have lower cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) improvements from CR than their counterparts with higher SES. Improvement in CRF during CR predicts better long-term health outcomes. Research suggests that higher anxiety impairs CRF in structured exercise regimes and is overrepresented among patients with lower SES. However, no study has determined whether this relationship holds true in CR.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial to improve CR attendance among patients with lower SES. Anxiety (ASEBA ASR; Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, Adult Self Report) and CRF measures (metabolic equivalent tasks [METs peak ]) were collected prior to CR enrollment and 4 mo later. Regression was used to examine the association of anxiety with CRF at 4 mo while controlling for other demographic and clinical characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight-eight participants were included in the analyses, 31% of whom had clinically significant levels of anxiety ( T ≥ 63). Higher anxiety significantly predicted lower exit CRF when controlling for baseline CRF, age, sex, qualifying diagnosis, and number of CR sessions attended ( β =-.05, P = .04). Patients with clinically significant levels of anxiety could be expected to lose >0.65 METs peak in improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results from this study suggest that anxiety, which is overrepresented in populations with lower SES, is associated with less CRF improvement across the duration of CR. The effect size was clinically meaningful and calls for future research on addressing psychological factor in CR.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"162-167"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11065622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianhui Wang, Sidney C Smith, Jianxiu Dong, Changxiang Chen, Nancy Houston Miller, Wenhong Chang, Yi Ma, Huaping Liu
{"title":"Moderating Effect of Sex on the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Coronary Heart Disease Patients in China.","authors":"Jianhui Wang, Sidney C Smith, Jianxiu Dong, Changxiang Chen, Nancy Houston Miller, Wenhong Chang, Yi Ma, Huaping Liu","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000861","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000861","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the moderating effect of sex on the relationship between physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) not participating in cardiac rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Chinese patients with CHD (aged 18-80 yr) were selected 12 mo after discharge from three Hebei Province tertiary hospitals. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to assess PA in metabolic equivalents of energy (METs) and the Chinese Questionnaire of Quality of Life in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease was used to assess QoL. Data were analyzed using Student's t test and the χ 2 test, multivariant and hierarchical regression analysis, and simple slope analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1162 patients with CHD studied between July 1 and November 30, 2017, female patients reported poorer QoL and lower total METs in weekly PA compared with male patients. Walking ( β= .297), moderate-intensity PA ( β= .165), and vigorous-intensity PA ( β= .076) positively predicted QoL. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that sex moderates the relationship between walking ( β= .195) and moderate-intensity PA ( β= .164) and QoL, but not between vigorous-intensity PA ( β= -.127) and QoL. Simple slope analysis revealed the standardized coefficients of walking on QoL were 0.397 (female t = 8.210) and 0.338 (male t = 10.142); the standardized coefficients of moderate-intensity PA on QoL were 0.346 (female, t = 7.000) and 0.175 (male, t = 5.033).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sex moderated the relationship between PA and QoL among patients with CHD in China. There was a greater difference in QoL for female patients reporting higher time versus those with lower time for both walking and moderate-intensity PA than for male patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"220-226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139706846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of High-Intensity Interval Training in Heart Transplant Recipients: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives.","authors":"Kari Nytrøen, Katrine Rolid","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000847","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review reports how exercise-based rehabilitation strategies have developed over the past decades, and it specifically focuses on the effectiveness, safety, and implementation of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). It provides an overview of the historical progression, main research findings, and considerations surrounding HIIT as the preferred exercise modality for recipients of heart transplant (HTx).</p><p><strong>Review methods: </strong>The review includes a timeline of studies spanning from 1976-2023. The 2017 Cochrane systematic review on exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in recipients of HTx serves as the main knowledge base (≥2015). Additionally, literature searches in PubMed/Medline and ClinicalTrials.gov have been performed, and all reviews and studies reporting the effects of moderate- to high-intensity exercise in recipients of HTx, published in 2015 or later have been screened.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>High-intensity interval training has gained prominence as an effective exercise intervention for recipients of HTx, demonstrated by an accumulation of performed studies in the past decade, although implementation in clinical practice remains limited. Early restrictions on HIIT in HTx recipients lacked evidence-based support, and recent research challenges these previous restrictions. High-intensity interval training results in greater improvements and benefits compared with moderate-intensity continuous training in the majority of studies. While HIIT is now regarded as generally suitable on a group level, individual assessment is still advised. The impact of HIIT involves reinnervation and central and peripheral adaptations to exercise, with variations in recipent responses, especially between de novo and maintenance recipients, and also between younger and older recipients. Long-term effects and mechanisms behind the HIIT effect warrant further investigation, as well as a focus on optimized HIIT protocols and exercise benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"150-156"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140131550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Assessment of ASCVD Risk.","authors":"Edward Yang, Charles A German","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000857","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000857","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"E7-E8"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140094077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priyanka Meenamkuzhy-Hariharan, Kirstie F Tew, Ewan J Cranwell, Louise M Birkinshaw, Antonio Eleuteri, Michael Fisher
{"title":"Effect of Adding a Program of Contextualized, Personalized, Remote Physical Activity Support to Conventional Cardiac Rehabilitation.","authors":"Priyanka Meenamkuzhy-Hariharan, Kirstie F Tew, Ewan J Cranwell, Louise M Birkinshaw, Antonio Eleuteri, Michael Fisher","doi":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000859","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HCR.0000000000000859","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The objective of this investigation was to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether KiActiv Heart alongside usual care (UC) promotes positive physical activity (PA) change versus UC alone.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients in cardiac rehabilitation (n = 130) undertook an 8-wk intervention with follow-up at wk 8. Both groups attended UC and wore a PA monitor during the intervention. The intervention group accessed the digital service and received weekly one-to-one remote mentor sessions. The primary outcome was change in PA to achieve the Association of Certified Physiotherapists in Cardiac Rehabilitation (ACPICR) recommendations. The secondary outcome was cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) change, measured using incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The probability of meeting ACPICR \"Daily Activity\" recommendation was statistically significantly greater in the intervention group versus control at wk 8 ( P < .05). No statistically significant differences between groups were found for mean ISWT change (intervention 89 ± 116 m; control 44 ± 124 m).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Participation in KiActiv Heart alongside UC was associated with statistically significant improvement in probability of meeting ACPICR recommendation and non-statistically significant but potentially clinically important increases in CRF versus UC alone. This builds on existing evidence for effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":15192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention","volume":" ","pages":"174-179"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140131551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}