Effectiveness of a Pedometer-Based Program Using a Socio-cognitive Intervention on Physical Activity and Quality of Life in a Setting of Cardiac Rehabilitation

A systematic review of studies using pedometers as an intervention for musculoskeletal diseases

“…It may also be that giving feedback to patients on an individual basis and the provision of reading materials also supported the effectiveness of the intervention. These findings are consistent with previous studies targeting non-MSD conditions, including type 2 diabetes, acute coronary syndrome, and inactive populations [35,36,38,57-59] that demonstrate positive effects for a range of pedometer-driven walking interventions combined with cognitive-behavioral strategies to increase PA levels and quality of life.…”

Using Pedometer Step-Count Goals to Promote Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Feasibility Study of a Controlled Trial

“…Completion of pedometer measurement recordings was high: of a possible total of 35 days, intervention participants recorded valid step-counts on a mean of 30 days (SD 6, range [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. A measure of adherence to the intervention programme was calculated for each individual, based on the number of their valid days of measurement on which they achieved their weekly step-count goal, and expressed as a percentage.…”

“…Other work has reported that patients who engaged in some form of PA at home were more active than those who only engaged in exercise during CR sessions [18] but only 8% of that study's participants reached the recommended minimum level of weekly PA. It was concluded that patients should be strongly encouraged to increase their volume of PA. Clarke et al [19] reported how little support to maintain the desired levels of PA was available for patients in the community after a relatively short period of formal CR: peer support groups have the potential to provide support but only 35% of patients (79/ 225) participated in these., The use of a pedometer, together with a socio-cognitive intervention, was considered to be effective in increasing PA for patients with acute coronary syndrome for up to a year after their event [20]. Our report regarding patients' use of pedometers and tailored goal-setting provides new detail on how pedometers may be used to provide encouragement which is acceptable to a majority of patients.…”

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“…12,[25][26][27][28] In a recent post-CABG study, Dabek et al 28 showed a improvement of more than 50% in anxiety scales and symptoms such as dyspnea and chest pain in the CR group compared to a control group, with improvement in QOL (p<0.01). In that study 66% of the patients though that participating in CR program helped then recover faster from surgery.…”