Yeddung Gauar (Good Heart): Feasibility of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female Cardiac Rehabilitation program delivered in a non-Indigenous health service.

• Register: ANZCTR
• Last refreshed on: 3 September 2018
• Main ID: ACTRN12618000581268
• Date of registration: 16/04/2018
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Dr Nicole Freene
• Public title: Yeddung Gauar (Good Heart): Feasibility of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female Cardiac Rehabilitation program delivered in a non-Indigenous health service.
• Scientific title: Yeddung Gauar (Good Heart): Feasibility of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female Cardiac Rehabilitation program delivered in a non-Indigenous health service.
• Date of first enrolment: 14/06/2018
• Target sample size: 20
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12618000581268.aspx
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Non-randomised trial Single group
• Phase: Not Applicable

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Heart Attack

Ischaemic Heart Disease

Medium-high risk of a cardiac event

Intervention(s)

An 18-week mixed methods feasibility study will be conducted, with weekly CR sessions consisting of 1 hour of exercise and 30 minutes of education delivered by a multidisciplinary team, including an Indigenous Health Worker. Participants will be recruited from a variety of settings, with the aim to recruit a minimum of 20 participants.

Attendance will be flexible, aiming for participants to complete 6 sessions and attendance checklists will be completed for every session. Participants will be re-assessed after every sixth session attended and can continue attending the program following this, if desired. The Aboriginal Community Bus will be utilised to bring participants to and from the University of Canberra’s Faculty of Health Clinics. This will be coordinated by the projects Research Assistant and the IHW.

The main aim of the exercise sessions will be to increase cardiovascular fitness by exercising large muscle groups. Sessions will be run as a group circuit class, supervised by a physiotherapist and/or exercise physiologist and will be individually tailored for each of the participants based on pre assessments. The exercise sessions will include a 10 minute warm up and cool down and 40 minutes of aerobic exercise including upper limb resistance excises, lower limb strengthening, overground/treadmill walking and stationary cycling. Intensity of the exercise will be assessed via the Borg RPE Scale.

Members of the multi-disciplinary team will conduct educational lectures to increase participant knowledge of their CVD condition and increase self-management skills for risk factor management. The education sessions/lectures will cover; cardiac anatomy and physiology; cardiac risk factors, modification and management of symptoms; how to deal with stress, anxiety and depression; cardiac medications; benefits of exercise and physical activity; and nutrition advice. This information will be delivered in a flexible, nonthreatening manner using Indigenous resources from the National Heart Foundation.