Table 7.
Summary of adherence at follow-up in home and centre based settings with method for or definition of assessment of adherence*
| Findings | Difference between groups† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Centre | P value | ||
| Miller et al,27 1984, DeBusk et al,28 1985, Taylor et al,29 1986: | ||||
| Ratio (%) of exercise session completed v prescribed at 6 months | 50:70 (72) | 28:40 (71) | NA | Home = centre‡ |
| Sparks et al,37 1993: | ||||
| Sessions attended (%) at 3 months | 93 | 88 | NA | Unclear |
| Carlson et al,32 2000: | ||||
| No (%) of patients who attended all three classes on nutrition and risk factors at 6 months | 27/38 (71) | 33/42 (79) | 0.438§ | Home = centre |
| Total exercise over follow-up (No (SD) of sessions ≥30 minutes) at 6 months | 111.8 (29.1) | 98.1 (33.4) | 0.06¶ | Home = centre |
| Gordon et al,26 2002 | ||||
| Completed scheduled appointments (exercise sessions, office/on site visits, “telephone visits” in accordance with intervention protocol) (%) at 3 months | 83 supervised by doctor; 86 community based | 81 | — | Home = centre‡ |
| Arthur et al,36 2002, Smith et al,33 2004: | ||||
| Mean (SD) No of exercise session reported/week at 6 months | 6.5 (4.6) | 3.7 (2.6) | 0.0001¶ | Home > centre |
| Patients seeking dietician consultation (%) (No (SD) of visits) at 6 months | 50 (3.5 (2.5)) | 53 (3.6 (2.3)) | — | Unclear |
| Patients seeking psychologist consultation (%) (No (SD) of visits) at 18 months | 42 (2.6 (2.4)) | 51 (2.5 (2.2)) | — | Home = centre‡ |
| Mean (SD) level of physical activity (PASE) at 18 months | 232.6 (99.4) | 170.0 (89.2) | 0.0001¶ | Home > centre |
| Marchionni et al,24 2003: | ||||
| No (SD) of exercise sessions completed at 4 months | 37.3 (3.4) | 34.3 (4.4) | <0.0001¶ | Home > centre |
| Daskapan et al,34 2005: | ||||
| Percentage of sessions attended at 3 months | 97 | 81 | NA | Unclear |
| Dalal et al,21 2007: | ||||
| No (%) who participated in intervention at 9 months | 40/60 (67) | 32/44 (72) | 0.51§ | Home = centre |
| Jolly et al,22 2007: | ||||
| Hours (SD) of self reported activity weighted for intensity at: | ||||
| 3 months | 23.2 (22.1) | 18.7 (19.3) | 0.06¶ | Home = centre |
| 6 months | 16.4 (17.0) | 18.1 (25.4) | 0.4¶ | Home = centre |
| 12 months | 19.2 (20.8) | 15.9 (16.7) | 0.06¶ | Home = centre |
| 24 months | 18.9 (18.4) | 16.6 (16.4) | 0.16¶ | Home = centre |
NA=not available; could not be calculated.
*Not reported for Bell et al,30 1998, Kassaian et al,25 1998, and Wu et al,35 2008.
†Home = centre: no significant difference (P>0.05) in HRQoL between home and centre based groups at follow-up; home > centre: significant (P≤0.05) higher HRQoL in home v centre based groups at follow-up; home < centre: significant (P≤0.05) lower HRQoL in home v centre based groups at follow-up; PASE=physical activity scale for elderly; unclear=home and centre based groups at follow-up seem different but P value not reported or calculable.
‡Home and centre based groups at follow-up seem to be similar but P value not reported or calculable.
§Calculated by authors of this report based on χ2 test.
¶Calculated by authors of this report based on independent t test.