information reveal: the experimental group will be informed that there will be an important examination about his/her cardiopulmonary fitness condition at the outpatient department (OPD)
Study summary
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is a class I recommendation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. However, participate rate of outpatient rehabilitation is quite low and remains a global issue. The study is to propose a strategy in order to encourage post-ACS patients to participate in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
20 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* acute coronary patients
Exclusion Criteria:
* acute illness that stayed in hospital for more than 2 weeks.
* patients who received surgical intervention
* severe complications (ex. respiratory failure, stroke, acute renal failure)
* contraindications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
* patients who cannot perform the cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Primary outcome measure(s)
the return rate — scheduled appointment time, about 2 to 4 weeks after discharge patient that did return to the OPD for examination and cardiac rehabilitation
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung
Taiwan
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