Effect of Individualized Cardiac Rehabilitation on Cardiac Function, Time Consumption, and Quality of Life in Patients After CABG.

BACKGROUND

To investigate the effect of individualized cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on cardiac function, time consumption, and quality of life (QoL) in post-CABG patients.

METHODS

Two different CR strategy: basic rehabilitation and individualized rehabilitation was designed. The patients were screened and randomized into the two groups: the basic rehabilitation group (BRG) and individualized rehabilitation group (IRG). Data, such as clinical characteristics, LVEF, 6MWD (6-min walk distance), BNP, LVEDD (left ventricular end diastolic dimension), SF-36 score, and time consumption were collected and recorded.

RESULTS

There was no difference between the IRG and BRG patients in the clinical characteristics. The 6MWD and LVEF on post-op significantly were higher, while BNP and LVEDD significantly was lower in the IRG than in BRG. The time to first out-of-bed activity, ICU stay time, and post-op hospital stay time of the IRG in post-op was significantly shorter than BRG. The IRG patients scored significantly higher on the SF-36.

CONCLUSION

Individualized CR is safe and can reduce the time consumption and improve the cardiac function and QoL of patients undergoing CABG.