Reducing Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Partners Together in Health (PaTH) Intervention Study (PaTH)
Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiac Rehabilitation
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Coronary Heart Disease focused on measuring coronary heart disease, cardiac rehabilitation, lifestyle change, coronary artery bypass graft, social support, social cognitive learning theory
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 19 or older
- diagnosis of first-time coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGs) and enrollment in outpatient CR
- married or living with partner for more than 1 year
- partner is also willing to participate
- no history of psychiatric illness
- classified as low to moderate risk for the occurrence of cardiac events during exercise (AACVPR, 2004).
- first-time CABG patients
Eligible partners will:
- be age 19 or older
- have no history of psychiatric illness
- be classified as low to moderate risk for the occurrence of cardiac events during exercise
- have written permission from the partner's primary health care provider to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- orthopedic problems that would prevent them from walking or exercising
- history of cardiac arrest, sudden death, complex dysrhythmias at rest, or CHF diagnosis
- resting systolic BP > 200 mmHg or diastolic BP > 100 mmHg
- a concomitant diagnosis or procedure such as valve repair/replacement or aneurysmectomy
- debilitating non-cardiac disease such as renal failure or anemia
- severe chronic obstructive lung disease (FEV1 < 1 liter)
- poorly controlled diabetics (diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis within the past 6 months or a current HgA1c > 11).
Sites / Locations
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
PaTH intervention group
Usual care group
The PaTH intervention group for patients and partners consisted of participation in a structured and formal cardiac rehabilitation program: 18-36 exercise sessions 18 educational sessions. The intervention consisted of patients and partners participating together in a formal cardiac rehabilitation program when typically just patients participate. In addition, partners were asked to make the same healthy eating and exercise changes that patients did to meet guidelines for health.
The usual care group intervention for patients only consisted of participation in a structured and formal cardiac rehabilitation program: 18-36 exercise sessions and 18 educational sessions Partners participated in the 18 educational sessions only.