The Research Aims to Study the Effectiveness of a Physical Exercise Program on Indicators of Quality of Life and Functionality: It Will be Applied at Home to People Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, in Phase II of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Physical exercise rehabilitation intervention: 12 weeks of physical exercise intervention, including aerobic snd anaerobic exercise at home. 36 sessions of monitorized training with distance supervision.

Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of an physical exercise intervention in people after cardiac surgery, namely valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: • what is the influence of a physical exercise program on quality of life in people after cardiac surgery • what is the influence of a physical exercise program on functional status in people after cardiac surgery. Participants will be allocated to exepriemtal group and perform a physical exercise program during 12 weeks and the program is composed by aerobic and anaerobic exercise. They will be evaluated at the beginning, middle and in the end of the program. Researchers will compare the experimental and the control group to see the effects in quality of life and functional status.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Functionality — The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).
  Functionality is the ability regarding basic physical and cognitive activities such as walking or reaching, focusing attention, and communicating, as well as the routine activities of daily living, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring, and toileting; and life situations such as school or play for children and, for adults, work outside the home or maintaining a household. It will be measured by the London Chest Daily Activities scale.
• Perceived Quality of life — The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).
  Quality of life is a generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. It will be measured by the Short Form-36 quality of life assessment scale.
• Tolerance to physical exercise — The results are expected to be measured at the beginning of the program, at six weeks, and at the end (at 12 weeks).
  Tolerance to physical exercise is the exercise capacity of an individual as measured by endurance (maximal exercise duration and/or maximal attained work load) during an exercise test. It will be measured by the 6-minute walk test.

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