Table 1 Individual study results
Publication | Home based CR | Hospital based CR | Difference | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Author | Country of trial | Funder | Year | Type of intervention evaluated* | Type of exercise capacity outcome and primary outcome | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | SMD | SE of SMD |
DeBusk-Brief [17] | USA | National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland and PepsiCo Foundation, Purchase, New York | 1985 | Exercise based intervention only | METs (primary outcome not defined) | 8 | 1.5 | 33 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 31 | 0.07 | 0.25 |
DeBusk-Extended [17] | USA | As above | 1985 | Exercise based intervention only | As above | 7.9 | 1.5 | 33 | 8.9 | 1.4 | 30 | -0.68 | 0.26 |
Sparks [20] | USA | Not stated. Authors from Saint Vincent Charity Hospital, Cleaveland State University; Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville; and Ball State University, Muncie | 1993 | Exercise based intervention only | Peak VO2 max (primary outcome not defined) | 1900 | 400 | 10 | 1950 | 150 | 10 | -0.16 | 0.45 |
Bell [14] | UK | British Heart Foundation | 1998 | Comprehensive | Primary outcome exercise capacity (METs). | 7.29 | 2.8 | 91 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 91 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
Carlson [22] | USA | Blodgett Memorial Medical Center Research Fund, East Grand Rapids, Michagan; the Kent Country Health Department Cardiovascular Mini-Grant and the Merck Pharmaceutical Educational Grant, Grand Rapids, Michagan | 2000 | Comprehensive, Home CR included short initial period of centre based intervention | Primary outcome peak functional capacity (METs), | 7.4 | 1.5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 29 | 0.37 | 0.26 |
Kassaian [18] | Iran | Not stated. Authors from Cardiovascular Medical Center, Vali-Asr-Ave, Tehran, Iran | 2000 | Exercise based intervention only | Functional capacity (METs) (primary outcome not defined) | 8.9 | 2.9 | 60 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 65 | -1.24 | 0.20 |
Arthur [13] | Canada | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario | 2002 | Exercise based intervention only | Primary outcome exercise capacity (METs) | 5.22 | 2.1 | 113 | 5.21 | 2 | 109 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
Gordon - Community [23] | USA | American Heart Association Patient Care and Outcomes Research Programme Grant, Dallas, Texas | 2002 | Comprehensive, Home CR included short initial period of centre based intervention | Maximal oxygen uptake (primary outcome not defined) | 1.6 | 2.2 | 40 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 22 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
Gordon - Supervised [23] | USA | As above | 2002 | As above | As above | 0.9 | 1.9 | 49 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 22 | -0.35 | 0.26 |
Marcionni [19] | Italy | National Research Council, the University of Florence, and the Regional Government of Tuscany, Italy | 2003 | Comprehensive | Primary outcome total work capacity | 3650.7 | 3957.2 | 74 | 3509.3 | 3343.8 | 79 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
Daskapan [16] | Turkey | Department of Physical Therapy in Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkey | 2005 | Comprehensive, Home CR included short initial period of centre based intervention | Exercise capacity (ml/kg/min) (primary outcome not defined) | 23.6 | 7.4 | 11 | 23.3 | 6.8 | 11 | 0.04 | 0.43 |
Dalal [15] | UK | NHS Executive South West (Research and Development) | 2006 | Comprehensive | Secondary outcome exercise capacity (METs) Primary outcome quality of life (MacNew questionnaire) | 9.7 | 3.1 | 60 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 44 | 0.66 | 0.20 |
Wu [21] | China | Not stated. Authors from Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan | 2006 | Exercise based intervention only | Exercise capacity (METs) (primary outcome not defined) | 22.9 | 3.6 | 18 | 24.2 | 4.4 | 18 | -0.32 | 0.34 |
UK | UK Department of Health, through the HTA programme | 2007 | Comprehensive | Primary outcome incremental shuttle walking test | 391.3 | 162.1 | 191 | 407.4 | 157.6 | 179 | -0.10 | 0.10 | |