J Rehabil Med 2015; 47: 569–574
ORIGINAL REPORT
FATIGUE DURING AND AFTER CARDIAC REHABILITATION Myrna Elena van Geffen, MSc1,2, Nienke ter Hoeve, MSc1,2, Madoka Sunamura, MD1, Henk J. Stam, MD, PhD, FRCP2, Ron T. van Domburg, PhD3 and Rita J. G. van den Berg-Emons, PhD2 From the 1CAPRI Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre, 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and 3 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Objective: To estimate fatigue during and after a multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation programme and its association with aerobic capacity. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Patients: A total of 121 patients with coronary artery disease (79% men), mean age 57 years. Methods: Fatigue was measured with the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and aerobic capacity with the 6-min walk test (6MWT). FSS scores ≥ 4 were defined as fatigue and > 5.1 as severe fatigue. Measurements were taken before (T0) and after rehabilitation (T1) and at 1-year follow-up (T2). Results: Fatigue decreased from 3.49 at baseline to 3.03 postrehabilitation (p = 0.002) and decreased further to 2.75 at follow-up (p
ORIGINAL REPORT
FATIGUE DURING AND AFTER CARDIAC REHABILITATION Myrna Elena van Geffen, MSc1,2, Nienke ter Hoeve, MSc1,2, Madoka Sunamura, MD1, Henk J. Stam, MD, PhD, FRCP2, Ron T. van Domburg, PhD3 and Rita J. G. van den Berg-Emons, PhD2 From the 1CAPRI Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre, 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and 3 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Objective: To estimate fatigue during and after a multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation programme and its association with aerobic capacity. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Patients: A total of 121 patients with coronary artery disease (79% men), mean age 57 years. Methods: Fatigue was measured with the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and aerobic capacity with the 6-min walk test (6MWT). FSS scores ≥ 4 were defined as fatigue and > 5.1 as severe fatigue. Measurements were taken before (T0) and after rehabilitation (T1) and at 1-year follow-up (T2). Results: Fatigue decreased from 3.49 at baseline to 3.03 postrehabilitation (p = 0.002) and decreased further to 2.75 at follow-up (p
