Can Cardiac & Pulmonary rehab offer benefit to other chronic illnesses
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Can Cardiac & Pulmonary rehabilitation offer benefits to other chronic conditions? An observational Study of ‘real-life’ rehabilitation: The effect on HbA1c and body composition
IRAS ID
245524
Contact name
Mike Morris
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Chester
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 21 days
Research summary
The purpose of the study is to see if any changes in body composition and blood sugar levels can be detected in participants of an NHS Cardiac & Pulmonary rehabilitation exercise programme. Participants in the exercise programme and other service users not taking part in the programme will be asked if their routinely collected clinical data may be used for the research study and whether they would agree to two additional tests. The two additional tests are Body composition, obtained by standing bare foot on a bioelectric impedance scale, and HbA1C blood sugars, obtained via a small finger prick blood sample.
If we can detect changes in these additional parameters we are hoping it will help us adapt the exercise programme in the future to those with other chronic illness, for example Diabetes and to those who are overweight or obese.
The research aims to follow the normal service delivery of the rehabilitation programme. This will involve participants attending for an exercise assessment following referral into the service. During the exercise assessment, routine clinical data is collected which consists of a walk test distance, resting blood pressure, resting heart rate, height and weight. It is at this point that the additional two measures would also be taken. Training heart rates and the use of Borg's rating of perceived exertion scale are also established. Participants then attend the exercise programme twice per week for a period of 8 weeks. The same clinical data collection tests are then repeated within two weeks of the final exercise session.REC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/1245
Date of REC Opinion
30 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion