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Predictors of exercise capacity following exercise-based rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure: A meta-regression analysis.
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European journal of preventive cardiology [Eur J Prev Cardiol] 2016 May; Vol. 23 (7), pp. 683-93. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 01. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background: The aim of this study was to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the patient, intervention and trial-level factors that may predict exercise capacity following exercise-based rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure.<br />Design: Meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis.<br />Methods: Randomized controlled trials of exercise-based rehabilitation were identified from three published systematic reviews. Exercise capacity was pooled across trials using random effects meta-analysis, and meta-regression used to examine the association between exercise capacity and a range of patient (e.g. age), intervention (e.g. exercise frequency) and trial (e.g. risk of bias) factors.<br />Results: 55 trials (61 exercise-control comparisons, 7553 patients) were included. Following exercise-based rehabilitation compared to control, overall exercise capacity was on average 0.95 (95% CI: 0.76-1.41) standard deviation units higher, and in trials reporting maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) was 3.3 ml/kg.min(-1) (95% CI: 2.6-4.0) higher. There was evidence of a high level of statistical heterogeneity across trials (I(2) statistic > 50%). In multivariable meta-regression analysis, only exercise intervention intensity was found to be significantly associated with VO2max (P = 0.04); those trials with the highest average exercise intensity had the largest mean post-rehabilitation VO2max compared to control.<br />Conclusions: We found considerable heterogeneity across randomized controlled trials in the magnitude of improvement in exercise capacity following exercise-based rehabilitation compared to control among patients with coronary heart disease or heart failure. Whilst higher exercise intensities were associated with a greater level of post-rehabilitation exercise capacity, there was no strong evidence to support other intervention, patient or trial factors to be predictive.<br /> (© The European Society of Cardiology 2015.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2047-4881
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- European journal of preventive cardiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26330205
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487315604311