Delivering effective, comprehensive, multi-exercise component cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for chronic heart failure patients in low resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa: Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital-(QECH-CR) randomised CR study, Malawi.
Alice NamanjaDaston NyondoTendai BandaEphraim MndindaAdrian W MidgleyJames HobkirkSean CarrollJohnstone KumwendaPublished in: PloS one (2024)
This novel, randomised, hybrid ET-based CR, delivered to mainly HFpEF patients using an integrated hospital- and home-based approach effectively improved exercise tolerance, cardiorespiratory fitness capacities and reduced perceived exertion in a resource-limited setting.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- clinical trial
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- open label
- peritoneal dialysis
- high intensity
- emergency department
- study protocol
- mental health
- depressive symptoms
- double blind
- patient reported outcomes
- resistance training