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Participant activities and study contact |
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| Participant activities |
Home visits after discharge (weeks)a |
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| 1 (baseline) |
3 |
6 |
8 (short term) |
26 (long term) |
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| Outcome assessment: control and intervention groups |
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| Health-related quality of life (SF-36) |
Visit 1 |
- |
- |
Visit 5 |
Visit 6 |
| Physical endurance (6 MWT/Borg) |
Visit 1 |
- |
- |
Visit 5 |
Visit 6 |
| Psychological status (DASS/IES) |
Visit 1 |
- |
- |
Visit 5 |
Visit 6 |
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| Intervention group |
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| Strength training |
Visit 2 |
Visit 3 |
Visit 4 |
- |
- |
| Endurance training |
Visit 2 |
Visit 3 |
Visit 4 |
- |
- |
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a Visits 1, 5 and 6 are conducted by an assessor blinded to the study group; visits 2, 3 and 4 are conducted by a 'trainer' not involved in assessment, with follow up phone calls during weeks 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of the programme. Borg, modified Borg Scale; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale; IES, Impact of Events Scale; 6 MWT, 6 min walk test; SF-36, Short-Form-36 version 2. | |||||
Elliott et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R90 doi:10.1186/cc4949 |
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