Physical Exercise and Telephone Follow-up Mediated by Telerehabilitation

Summary

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability globally, accounting for approximately 31% (17.9 million) of all deaths each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the total suspension of most cardiac rehabilitation programs at the highest peaks of the spread, forcing people not to leave home, enhancing metabolic conditions and generating further complications due to sedentary lifestyle. Physical exercise is an essential component in the rehabilitation of patients with heart failure disease, evidencing improvements in quality of life, functional capacity, in addition to reducing the mortality rate, number of rehospitalizations, and levels of depression. It is necessary to carry out interventions adapted to the needs of patients who have difficulties traveling to health centers, however, some authors report that remotely oriented exercise could present results similar to those of traditional rehabilitation in a center or Therefore, promoting a cardiac telerehabilitation program together with telephone educational follow-up could cause greater improvements compared to other cardiac rehabilitation and telerehabilitation programs.

Objective: To determine the effects of a physical exercise program and telephone educational follow-up mediated by cardiac telerehabilitation in patients with heart failure on functional capacity, depression, and health-related quality of life.

Conditions

• Cardiac Failure

Interventions

OTHER

conventional rehabilitation

The program will be attended in person in the clinic's cardiac rehabilitation program and consists of physical exercise supervised by a physiotherapist specializing in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, for 60 minutes, 3 times a week for a period of 12 weeks, structured by warming up. , muscle strengthening of lower and upper limbs, continuous aerobic training and return to calm.

BEHAVIORAL

Education

1 time a week 30 minutes for each patient individually and in a group with topics: knowledge of the disease, use of medications, warning signs, anxiety management, relaxation techniques, exercises at home, sexual relations and adequate nutrition

OTHER

telerehabilitation

The program will be assisted by virtual technology and consists of physical exercise at home (for 60 minutes, 3 times a week for a period of 12 weeks, structured by warming up, muscle strengthening of lower and upper limbs, continuous aerobic training and cool down ) supervised by a physiotherapist specializing in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation through the "Google Meet" platform

BEHAVIORAL

follow-up

Telephone calls will be made 3 times a week as a follow-up method to obtain information from each person about their heart rate and perception of effort in relation to the activities carried out where they are encouraged to exercise at home on days without intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Clínica de Occidente S.A

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jhonatan Betancourt Peña, PT · Institucion Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte - Universidad de Vigo

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-15

Primary Completion

2024-12-20

Completion

2025-06-20

Countries

• Colombia

Study Locations