%0 Journal Article
%T Physical activity, physical function and quality of life in community
%A Garrick Hately
%A Sandra Mandic
%J Health Education Journal
%@ 1748-8176
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0017896918823821
%X This study compared physical activity (PA), physical function and quality of life in elderly individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) and their non-CAD peers participating in community-based, maintenance cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Cross-sectional study. Community-based maintenance CR programme. A total of 39 individuals (71.8% women; age 70.5£¿¡À£¿5.5£¿years; 13 CAD, 26 non-CAD) wore an accelerometer for 7£¿days and completed anthropometry, chair stands, handgrip strength, a Short Physical Performance Battery, a PA questionnaire (IPAQ- SF), a quality of life questionnaire (SF-36), a 10-m shuttle walk test and two 6-minute walk tests. Compared with the non-CAD group, the CAD group accumulated more objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous PA per week (329.7£¿¡À£¿233.3 vs 160.6£¿¡À£¿149.5£¿minutes, p£¿=£¿.013), achieved PA guidelines on more days per week (3.8£¿¡À£¿2.2 vs 2.1£¿¡À£¿2.6£¿days/week, p£¿=£¿.042), had a lower proportion of body fat (27.5£¿¡À£¿8.4% vs 36.5£¿¡À£¿8.7%, p£¿=£¿.004) and a higher proportion of muscle mass (72.5£¿¡À£¿8.4% vs 63.0£¿¡À£¿9.8%, p£¿=£¿.022). Physical function and quality of life were not different between the groups. Elderly CAD patients participating in community-based maintenance CR performed more PA and had more favourable body composition but similar physical function and quality of life compared with their non-CAD peers. Long-term participation in community-based maintenance CR may promote PA in elderly CAD patients and help maintain physical function and quality of life at a level similar to that of their non-CAD peers. However, due to a small sample size, these findings should be interpreted with caution and examined in future larger studies
%K Cardiac rehabilitation
%K coronary artery disease
%K elderly
%K physical activity
%K quality of life
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0017896918823821