ABSTRACT
Background: Phase II cardiac rehabilitation has been demonstrated to be an effective measure in post
CABG patients in terms of short term of physical and psychological outcomes. Comparative effect of
supervised and home based phase II cardiac rehabilitation is conflicting.
Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of supervised centre-based phase II cardiac rehabilitation
compared with home-based phase II cardiac rehabilitation programmes on exercise capacity and health
related quality of life in patients with post CABG.
Design: The study was a pre-test post-test, comparative, experimental design
Setting: All the patients were recruited from the outpatient department of physical therapy and
cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, Delhi Heart and Lung Institute, New Delhi
Methods: Thirty (n=30) post CABG patients who consented for this study were tested for their exercise
capacity. They were randomly divided into 4 weeks supervised (n=15) and home based (n=15) phase II
cardiac rehabilitation program. Outcome measures hemodynamic parameters; 6MWD and quality of
life were evaluated by physical and mental summery score of SF-36.
Results: Both the groups had similar demographic characteristics. Between groups shows no significant
differences in hemodynamic measurements. However significant improvement were seen in PCS and
MCS scores when between group analysis was done (p