Exercise Adherence of Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: interview

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04961606

IRB00006761-M2020452

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study explored the influencing factors of exercise adherence of home-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease.

Full description

The study used a qualitative exploratory design. Informants were recruited by purposive sampling. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted among patients with coronary artery disease and medical professionals in home-based cardiac rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of coronary artery disease;
• Age ≤75 years old;
• Participated in home-based cardiac rehabilitation ≥12 weeks;
• Have good language skills;
• Volunteer to participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Have other serious acute or chronic diseases;
• A previous history of mental illness or a positive family history of mental illness;
• Have severe audio-visual or speech impairments that may affect understanding and answering questions.

Trial design

26 participants in 2 patient groups

patients with coronary artery disease

Treatment:

Other: interview

medical professionals

Treatment:

Other: interview