Senuzun, F and Fadiloglu, C and Burke, LE and Payzin, S
(2006)
Effects of home-based cardiac exercise program on the exercise tolerance, serum lipid values and self-efficacy of coronary patients.
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 13 (4).
640 - 645.
ISSN 2047-4873
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Abstract
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and reduces cardiac risk factors. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of a home-based cardiac exercise program (HBCEP) on exercise tolerance, serum lipids, and self-efficacy in coronary heart disease patients in Turkey. Self-efficacy theory provided the framework for this study's intervention. The study design was a pre-test and post-test experimental, randomized assignment. The study included 30 participants in a home-based cardiac exercise program (HBCEP; mean age = 54.7 ± 7.8) and 30 in control (C; mean age = 52.7 ± 6.5). The Phase II cardiac exercise program included three 45-60-min sessions per week for 12 weeks, and the enhancement of self-efficacy through educational sessions and the use of goal setting, modelling, and physiological feedback strategies. Both groups were comparable in their medical regimen, exercise capacity, and other measured variables pre-intervention. At baseline and after 12 weeks, exercise capacity was evaluated by exercise testing using the Bruce Protocol, self-efficacy was measured with the Cardiac Exercise Self Efficacy Index, and serum lipid values were measured. At the completion of the 12-week exercise program, the exercise capacity (P<0.001), total cholesterol (P =0.004), triglycerides (P = 0.048), high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (P = 0.001), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (P = 0.039), and self-efficacy (P<0.001) of the HBCEP Group were significantly improved compared to the control group. These results suggest that a first-time HBCEP in Turkey can be successful in having patients adhere to a prescribed exercise program and reduce risk factors. Enhanced self-efficacy may have mediated the improved behavioural outcomes. © 2006, European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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| Date: |
1 January 2006 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology |
| Volume: |
13 |
| Number: |
4 |
| Page Range: |
640 - 645 |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1097/01.hjr.0000198445.41860.ec |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Nursing > Nursing |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| ISSN: |
2047-4873 |
| MeSH Headings: |
Coronary Disease--blood; Coronary Disease--psychology; Coronary Disease--rehabilitation; Exercise Therapy--methods; Exercise Tolerance--physiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lipids--blood; Male; Middle Aged; Outpatients; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Self Efficacy |
| PubMed ID: |
16874157 |
| Date Deposited: |
20 Sep 2012 21:12 |
| Last Modified: |
26 Jan 2022 12:55 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14294 |
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