NCT00363922

Rehabilitation After Coronary Bypass Grafting. Comparison of Different Types of Rehabilitation Programs

Rehabilitation After Coronary Bypass Grafting: Home Based Rehabilitation Versus Rehabilitation in Institution and Rehabilitation in Institution Versus Out-patient Rehabilitation at the Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare different types of rehabilitation after coronary bypass surgery. The investigators wish to compare rehabilitation in an institution for four weeks with a home based rehabilitation. They also wish to compare rehabilitation in an institution for four weeks with a rehabilitation program were the patients live at home but visit the hospital twice a week for twelve week. The investigators will measure the patients' physical capacity by measuring their maximal oxygen consumption. The investigators will also analyze their blood and their endothelian function (how well their arteries dilate).

Conditions

• Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Rehabilitation in institution	Rehabilitation in institution for four weeks. Subjects follow standard rehabilitation in the center.
BEHAVIORAL	Rehabilitation at home	Subjects get a written prescription of exercise training, diet, etc. to follow at home.
BEHAVIORAL	Out-patient rehabilitation at the hospital	This intervention was removed. We never got time to randomize subjects into this category. We had planned to randomize patients from one hospital to either Rehabilitation in institution (rehab center) or rehabilitation at the hospital (out patient). And also patients from another hospital to either rehabilitation in institution (rehab centre) or rehabilitation at home. We have only managed to start the study in this second hospital so far (due to maternity leave and limited time to finish a PhD)

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-06-01
• First posted: 2006-08-15
• Last updated: 2015-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway