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Table 5 Comparison of the primary and secondary outcomes for patients who received the REACH-HF intervention at the Beacon Sites between June 2019 and June 2020 and those recruited into the REACH-HF trial

From: A pragmatic effectiveness-implementation study comparing trial evidence with routinely collected outcome data for patients receiving the REACH-HF home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme

Measure

Pre

Post

Effect size Hedges’ g (95% CI)

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

MLHFQ

Beacon Sites

50

36.1

22.7

50

34.0

21.7

− 0.09 (− 0.49 to 0.30)

Trial

96

31.4

22.8

96

22.7

18.4

− 0.42 (− 0.70 to − 0.13)

HADS (depression)

Beacon Sites

23

6.4

5.0

23

5.7

4.2

− 0.15 (− 0.73 to 0.43)

Trial

95

4.2

3.3

95

3.6

2.7

− 0.20 (− 0.48 to 0.09)

HADS (anxiety)

Beacon Sites

23

7.2

5.2

23

6.5

4.4

− 0.14 (− 0.72 to 0.44)

Trial

95

4.7

4.2

95

4.4

3.9

− 0.07 (− 0.36 to 0.21)

ISWT (m)

Beacon Sites

13

190.0

119.4

13

211.5

122.9

0.17 (− 0.60 to 0.94)

Trial

84

277.8

152.5

84

322.3

173.2

0.27 (− 0.03 to 0.58)

  1. SD = standard deviation; CI = confidence intervals; MLHFQ = Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ISWT = Incremental Shuttle Walk Test