’Heartwatch’ Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mortality/Morbidity Audit V3
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Epidemiological associations of supervised exercise training with mortality and morbidity in participants undergoing community-based cardiac rehabilitation.
IRAS ID
120492
Contact name
Claire Taylor
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Leeds Metropolitan University
Research summary
Medically-supervised exercise testing and supervised exercise training data from >1000 adults with established cardiovascular disease, and participating in the Leeds-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programme ’Heartwatch’, have been routinely collected since December 1993 when the Heart Watch programme commenced. This rehabilitation programme was an integral part of the service delivery of the Sports Development Unit of Leeds City Council.
In 2008 participants’ data were transferred to an anonymised electronic database held by academic staff at Leeds Metropolitan University. Existing anonymous archived data for these Heartwatch service users include: medical history, origin of disease, co-morbidities, medication usage, body composition, lipid profile, cardiorespiratory fitness, perceived breathlessness and symptoms and exercise adherence.
The research team, comprising academics from Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Hull are now seeking to access all-cause mortality and cardiovascular morbidity data (first hospitalisation date for a cardiovascular complaint following Heartwatch programme entry) in order that this data be integrated with the Leeds Met database.
No personal identification information is held within the Leeds Met database and all medical and physiological testing and exercise training results are numerically coded. The addition of mortality and morbidity data to the Leeds Met database will enable the role of supervised exercise training within CR and its prognostic value to be determined in a large, comprehensive cardiac population. Differences in clinical, anthropometric, metabolic and exercise test variables between deceased and non-deceased subjects can be compared and significant predictors of mortality determined through survival analyses.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/YH/0099
Date of REC Opinion
2 Aug 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion