Table 2.
Group (n) | Baseline | Follow-Up | Group P Value | Time P Value | Group by Time P-Value | |
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Cardiac Health | ||||||
VO2max (mL/kg/min) | Control (7) | 14.8 (2.0) 9.4–23.2 | 14.1 (2.0) 8.4–22.8 | 0.62 | 0.98 | 0.042* |
Intervention (8) | 13.5 (1.9) 6.9–17.5 | 14.3 (2.0) 8.4–29.5 | ||||
LVEF (%) | Control (6) | 53.3 (3.6) 42.0–62.0 | 52.8 (3.0) 40.0–62.0 | 0.17 | 0.62 | 0.46 |
Intervention (7) | 45.0 (3.6) 32.0–58.0 | 48.0 (3.0) 40.0–58.0 | ||||
MDASI-HF | ||||||
Symptom severity | Control (6) | 30.7 (3.5) 14.0–41.0 | 33.3 (2.8) 27.0–39.0 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 0.97 |
Intervention (10) | 27.2 (2.7) 18.0–40.0 | 30.2 (2.2) 16.0–45.0 | ||||
Symptom burden | Control (6) | 13.3 (1.9) 4.0–18.0 | 13.8 (1.4) 11.0–16.0 | 0.87 | 0.66 | 0.91 |
Intervention (10) | 13.1 (1.5) 7.0–18.0 | 13.4 (1.1) 7.00–18.0 | ||||
Cardiac health | Control (6) | 5.00 (1.5) 0.0–12.0 | 2.83 (1.4) 0.00–6.00 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.053 |
Intervention (10) | 1.40 (1.1) 0.0–4.00 | 2.10 (1.01) 0.00–11.0 | ||||
SF-36 | ||||||
Physical functioning | Control (8) | 37.0 (8.5) 10.0–65.0 | 53.8 (9.8) 25.0–100 | 0.17 | 0.001* | 0.15 |
Intervention (10) | 58.5 (7.6) 20.0–100 | 66.5 (8.8) 30.0–95.0 | ||||
Role functioning | Control (8) | 35.9 (8.4) 0.00–68.0 | 49.2 (10.7) 12.5–100 | 0.09 | 0.03* | 0.99 |
Intervention (10) | 57.5 (7.5) 12.5–100 | 70.6 (9.6) 12.5–100 | ||||
CHAMPS | ||||||
Total hours | Control (8) | 13.7 (3.3) 2.2–35.3 | 11.4 (2.3) 2.80–21.5 | 0.25 | 0.82 | 0.40 |
Intervention (10) | 8.03 (3.0) 0.5–21.0 | 9.38 (2.1) 3.00–21.3 | ||||
High intensity hours | Control (8) | 4.25 (1.6) 0.0–9.75 | 4.72 (1.8) 0.00–14.0 | 0.92 | 0.60 | 0.83 |
Intervention (10) | 3.75 (1.5) 0.0–15.5 | 4.85 (1.6) 0.00–14.5 |
P < .05
For purposes of analysis, the clinic-based exercise condition was combined with the home-based exercise condition to form a single intervention comparison group.
Data are presented as mean ± SE, range