Prevention & lipidsRandomised controlled trial
Lifestyle behaviour change of patients following cardiac rehabilitation: the BENEFIT intervention study with one-year follow-up
- Cluster non-randomised controlled trial
- 7 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) centres
Authors' conclusion
While comprehensive CR care led to improvements in most lifestyle behaviours, the BENEFIT programme demonstrated additional benefits, particularly in physical exercise, dietary habits, stress reduction, and sleep, across a diverse CR-patient population.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in cardiac rehabilitation
- Participants
- 587 vs 298
- Comparison
- BENEFIT eHealth programme added to CR vs CR alone
- Interventionn = 587
- Controln = 298reference
- Primary endpoint
- Health behaviour change (physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, diet, stress, sleep)
- Follow-up
- After finishing CR (short-term) and one-year (long-term)
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Short-term additional changes with intervention · after finishing CR
- vegetable intake
- t 2.00; P = 0.023
- work-related stress
- z −2.97; P = 0.002
- sleep hours
- t 2.57; P = 0.005
Further findings
| Outcome | t | P value |
|---|---|---|
| Physical activity, long-term · one-year follow-up · group-interaction effect; trend only | 1.55 | P = 0.061 |
- Physical activity, long-term — Intervention: significant within-group increase (t= 5.04)
- p<.001
- Physical activity, long-term — Control: no significant within-group increase (t= 1.88)
- p=.415
- Physical activity, long-term — Intervention exercised more per week
- 42 minutes
Original publication
Lifestyle behaviour change of patients following cardiac rehabilitation: the BENEFIT intervention study with one-year follow-up. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 9 April 2025. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf193
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it