Status:
WITHDRAWN
A Trial of a Home Based Walking Program as an Alternate Program for Non Attenders at Cardiac Rehabilitation
Lead Sponsor:
Queen's University, Belfast
Conditions:
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate if a home-based walking program is an acceptable alternative for those who choose not to attend formal cardiac rehabilitation programs and if such a program...
Detailed Description
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most important cause of life years lost in Northern Ireland (NI). A recently updated Cochrane review (Joliffe et al, 2003) confirmed the findings of earlier meta-an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Justification of diagnosis of myocardial infarction by report of cardiac bio-markers or electrocardiogram changes
- Exclusion Criteria - planned for RCT - applied to small pilot:
- Heart failure/ Cardiogenic shock
- Complex ventricular arrhythmias
- Mental/physical impairment (exclude if housebound/dementia)
- Valve disorder-severe stenotic or regurgitant lesion
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Exercise Stress Test result- exclude if ST depression\>=2 mm or angina at \<5 Metabolic Equivalent of Tasks (METS) (e.g. 3 minutes of a Bruce protocol). (Also exclude if report of ST segment depression \>=1 mm on resting ECG )
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00219830
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
May 1 2007
Last Update
February 8 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Dept of General Practice
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT9 7HR