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Effect of exercise training on quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure
Wielenga RP, Erdman RA, Huisveld IA, Bol E, Dunselman PH, Baselier MR, Mosterd WL
Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1998 Nov;45(5):459-464
clinical trial
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The effect of exercise training on quality of life and exercise capacity was studied in 67 patients with mild to moderate chronic heart failure (CHF; age 65.6 +/- 8.3 years; left ventricular ejection fraction 26.5 +/- 9.6%). Patients were randomly allocated to either a training group or to a control group. After intervention a significantly larger decrease in Feelings of Being Disabled (a subscale of the Heart Patients Psychological Questionnaire) and a significantly larger increase in the Self-Assessment of General Well-Being (SAGWB) were observed in the training group. Exercise time and anaerobic threshold were increased in the training group only. The increase in exercise time was related to both Feelings of Being Disabled and SAGWB. We conclude that supervised exercise training improves both quality of life and exercise capacity and can be safely performed by chronic heart failure patients.
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