An interesting study about how in person exercise programs may be better for the mental health of cardiac patients versus home based exercise programs especially as many working patients do home based exercise programs for convenience and time.
Individuals with coronary artery disease have poorer mental health, health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), and cognition compared with (age-matched) controls. Exercise training may attenuate these effects. This study found exercise training, especially in-person sessions, was associated with improved HR-QoL, depression and anxiety, independently of exercise type. However, this study raises concern about the effectiveness of home-based programmes in improving these outcomes.
