Maintenance of Exercise After Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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• 作者：Bernardine M. Pinto PhD^a ; ^c ; ^{bpinto@lifespan.org"" rel=""nofollow} ; Michael G. Goldstein MD^a ; ^c ; George D. Papandonatos PhD^d ; Nancy Farrell MPH^a ; Peter Tilkemeier MD^b ; ^c ; Bess H. Marcus PhD^a ; ^c ; ^e ; John F. Todaro PhD^a ; ^c
• 刊名：American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：September 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：41
• 期：3
• 页码：274-283
• 全文大小：703 K

文摘

Background

Patients who have completed Phase II cardiac rehabilitation have low rates of maintenance of exercise after program completion, despite the importance of sustaining regular exercise to prevent future cardiac events.

Purpose

The efficacy of a home-based intervention to support exercise maintenance among patients who had completed Phase II cardiac rehabilitation versus contact control was evaluated.

Design

An RCT was used to evaluate the intervention. Data were collected in 2005–2010 and analyzed in 2010.

Setting/participants

One hundred thirty patients (mean age=63.6 years [SD=9.7], 20.8 % female) were randomized to exercise counseling (Maintenance Counseling group, n=64) or contact control (Contact Control group, n=66).

Intervention

Maintenance Counseling group participants received a 6-month program of exercise counseling (based on the transtheoretical model and social cognitive theory) delivered via telephone, as well as print materials and feedback reports.

Main outcome measures

Assessments of physical activity (7-Day Physical Activity Recall), motivational readiness for exercise, lipids, and physical functioning were conducted at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Objective accelerometer data were collected at the same time points. Fitness was assessed via maximal exercise stress tests at baseline and 6 months.

Results

The Maintenance Counseling group reported significantly higher exercise participation than the Contact Control group at 12 months (difference of 80 minutes, 95 % CI=22, 137). Group differences in exercise at 6 months were nonsignificant. The intervention significantly increased the probability of participants' exercising at or above physical activity guidelines and attenuated regression in motivational readiness versus the Contact Control Group at 6 and 12 months. Self-reported physical functioning was significantly higher in the Maintenance Counseling group at 12 months. No group differences were seen in fitness at 6 months or lipid measures at 6 and 12 months.

Conclusions

A telephone-based intervention can help maintain exercise, prevent regression in motivational readiness for exercise, and improve physical functioning in this patient population.

Trial registration number

This study is registered in Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 00230724).