The aim of the investigators' project is to determine if patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of heart failure to Sanford Health facilities in regional southeastern South Dakota demonstrate benefits in improvement in functional capacity, quality of life, and a reduction in hospital readmission rates from a cardiac rehab program immediately following a discharge for an acute decompensated heart failure diagnosis related inpatient hospitalization encounter. The investigators hypothesize that those that receive cardiac rehab will have improved quality of life and reduced readmission rates at 30 and 90 days.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
6
Sanford Heart Hospital
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
6 Minute Walk Test
Assess increased functional capacity, determined by the 6 minute walk test in the cardiac rehabilitation group compared to the routine care group at 4 weeks following hospital discharge
Time frame: 30 days
Readmission
Determine if 30-day readmission rates are lower with those receiving cardiac rehabilitation compared to those receiving routine care
Time frame: 30 days
Readmission
Determine if 90-day readmission rates are lower with those receiving cardiac rehabilitation compared to those receiving routine care
Time frame: 90 days
KCCQ
Assess if those receiving cardiac rehabilitation have improved quality of life using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) classifications at 30 days
Time frame: 30 days
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