Effects of home-based exercise rehabilitation on quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft and PCI early post-discharge

Moafi Shadi; Vahid Zolaktaf; Katayun Rabiei; Mohammad Hashemi; Hamed Tarmah

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Effects of home-based exercise rehabilitation on quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft and PCI early post-discharge

Author(s):

Moafi Shadi^1,*,

Vahid Zolaktaf²,

Katayun Rabiei³,

Mohammad Hashemi⁴,

Hamed Tarmah¹

1MSc of Physical Education, School of Physical Education, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.

2Associate Professor of Physical Education, School of Physical Education, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.

3General Physician, Research Center of Cardiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

4Expert of angioplasty, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 13, issue 6; e93832

Published online:May 26, 2011

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 17, 2010

Accepted:Nov 18, 2010

How to Cite:Moafi ShadiVahid ZolaktafKatayun RabieiMohammad HashemiHamed TarmahEffects of home-based exercise rehabilitation on quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft and PCI early post-discharge.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.2011;13(6):e93832.

Abstract

Background: The barriers to participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs are individual and economic problems and limited availability and access of rehabilitation services. Because of the important role of rehabilitation, home based exercise rehabilitation is a new approach to participate in such programs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of home-based rehabilitation on quality of life (QoL) in patients with coronary artery disease after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and PCI.

Materials and Method: Participants included 18 CABG (3 women, 15 men) and 40 PCI (12 women, 28 men) low to moderate risk patients. Finally 17 patients in the exercise group and 16 patients in the control group remained. The SF-36 was used to evaluate changes in QoL before and after the program.

Result: forty-three percent was dropped out from the program. Before and after program, the exercise group was better in all domains of QoL (p<0.05). After 8 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation, significant improvements were observed in quality of life in both groups (p<0.05) but the exercise group showed more improvements in three domains.

Conclusion: Home-based exercise rehabilitation after CABG and PCI may improve QoL and provide an efficient low-cost approach to cardiac rehabilitation. It may be helpful due to limited availability and resources in Iran. Nevertheless, for increasing participation and decreasing drop out it needs more training

Keywords

Quality of life

coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG)

angioplasty

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