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  • Home-based telerehabilitation is not inferior to a centre-based program in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomised trial

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    Hwang, Rita
    Bruning, Jared
    Morris, Norman R
    Mandrusiak, Allison
    Russell, Trevor
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    Morris, Norman
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    2017
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    Question: Is a 12-week, home-based telerehabilitation program conducted in small groups non-inferior to a traditional centre-based program in terms of the change in 6-minute walk distance? Is the telerehabilitation program also non-inferior to a centre-based program in terms of functional capacity, muscle strength, quality of life, urinary incontinence, patient satisfaction, attendance rates, and adverse events? Design: Randomised, parallel, non-inferiority trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and assessor blinding. Participants: Patients with stable chronic heart failure (including heart failure with ...
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    Question: Is a 12-week, home-based telerehabilitation program conducted in small groups non-inferior to a traditional centre-based program in terms of the change in 6-minute walk distance? Is the telerehabilitation program also non-inferior to a centre-based program in terms of functional capacity, muscle strength, quality of life, urinary incontinence, patient satisfaction, attendance rates, and adverse events? Design: Randomised, parallel, non-inferiority trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and assessor blinding. Participants: Patients with stable chronic heart failure (including heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction) were recruited from two tertiary hospitals in Brisbane, Australia. Intervention: The experimental group received a 12-week, real-time exercise and education intervention delivered into the participant’s home twice weekly, using online videoconferencing software. The control group received a traditional hospital outpatient-based program of the same duration and frequency. Both groups received similar exercise prescription. Outcome measures: Participants were assessed by independent assessors at baseline (Week 0), at the end of the intervention (Week 12) and at follow-up (Week 24). The primary outcome was a between-group comparison of the change in 6-minute walk distance, with a non-inferiority margin of 28 m. Secondary outcomes included other functional measures, quality of life, patient satisfaction, program attendance rates and adverse events. Results: In 53 participants (mean age 67 years, 75% males), there were no significant betweengroup differences on 6-minute walk distance gains, with a mean difference of 15 m (95% CI –28 to 59) at Week 12. The confidence intervals were within the predetermined non-inferiority range. The secondary outcomes indicated that the experimental intervention was at least as effective as traditional rehabilitation. Significantly higher attendance rates were observed in the telerehabilitation group. Conclusion: Telerehabilitation was not inferior to a hospital outpatient-based rehabilitation program in patients with chronic heart failure. Telerehabilitation appears to be an appropriate alternative because it promotes greater attendance at the rehabilitation sessions. T
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume
    63
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2017.02.017
    Copyright Statement
    © 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australian Physiotherapy Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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    Clinical sciences
    Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified
    Sports science and exercise
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/341552
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