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Exercise rehabilitation programmes for pulmonary hypertension : a systematic review of intervention components and reporting quality

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McGregor, Gordon, Gordon, Richard, Finnegan, Susanne, Nichols, Simon and Underwood, Martin (2018) Exercise rehabilitation programmes for pulmonary hypertension : a systematic review of intervention components and reporting quality. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 4 (1). e000400. doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000400

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Abstract

Objectives: To identify the components, and assess the reporting quality, of exercise training interventions for people living with pulmonary hypertension.

Design: Systematic review with analysis of intervention reporting quality using the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT).

Data sources: Eligible studies in the Cochrane Systematic Review of exercise-based rehabilitation for pulmonary hypertension, updated with a new search of relevant databases from 1 August 2016 to 15 January 2018.

Eligibility criteria: Peer-reviewed journal articles of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials, and non-controlled prospective observational studies, investigating dynamic exercise training interventions in adult humans with diagnosed pulmonary hypertension, reporting on at least one physiological and/or psychosocial outcome.

Results: Interventions typically involved cycle ergometry and walking. They were delivered as 3-week inpatient, or outpatient and/or home-based programmes, lasting for 4–15 weeks. Components relating specifically to exercise prescription were described satisfactorily and in more detail than motivational/behavioural change strategies, adherence and fidelity. Mean CERT score was 13.1 (range 8–17) out of a possible maximum score of 19. No studies fully reported every aspect of an exercise intervention to the standard recommended by CERT.

Summary/conclusion: Considerable variability was evident in the components and reporting quality of interventions for exercise rehabilitation studies in pulmonary hypertension. Interventional studies using exercise training should pay greater attention to describing motivational/behavioural change strategies, adherence and fidelity. Detailed description of these parameters is essential for the safe and effective replication of exercise rehabilitation interventions for pulmonary hypertension in clinical practice.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Pulmonary hypertension -- Treatment, Exercise therapy, Pulmonary hypertension -- Exercise therapy, Systematic reviews (Medical research)
Journal or Publication Title: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Publisher: B M J Group
Official Date: 16 October 2018
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16 October 2018Published
29 August 2018Accepted
Volume: 4
Number: 1
Article Number: e000400
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000400
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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