Healthrelated Quality of Life and Experiences of a Heart Rehabilitation Programme After Care for Infective Endocarditis.
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-90
SponsorRegion Halland
About this trial
How does health develop after Infective endocarditis (IE)? Can the health of patients with IE be improved by participation in the physical exercise training within cardiac rehabilitation program?
Participants will:
* Answer digitally surveys on the perceived health for 4 times during 1 year * Participate in interviews on patient's experiences of health and rehabilitation 1 time before and 2 times after the training program during I year. * Be physically evaluated by a physiotherapist before and after the progam of physical exercise training within cardiac rehabilitation. * Do individual exercises in a group led by a physiotherapist 2 times weekly during 12 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) based on Dukes ISCVID criteria and discharged after treatment for IE from the Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Halmstad, Region Halland, Sweden.
Disqualifiers
Not able to do a bicycle ergometer test or training.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cardiac rehabilitation
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov