Authors' recommendations: Home-based supervised exercise for patients with intermittent claudication was compared with hospital-based supervised exercise, or 'go home and walk advice'. Six RCTs and two cohort studies were identified. There is low quality of evidence (GRADE ++00) that home-based supervised exercise, as compared with 'go home and walk advice', may slightly improve maximum and pain-free walking distance and result in little or no difference in health-related quality of life, and functional walking ability. There is low quality of evidence (GRADE ++00) that home-based supervised exercise may lead to less improvement in both maximum and pain-free walking distance than supervised hospital-based exercise, and result in little or no difference in health-related quality of life, and functional walking ability. There are no major ethical issues, and a reliable estimate of the total cost change is not possible, due to a total lack of reliable long-term data.

Project Status: Completed

Year Published: 2014

URL for published report: https://www2.sahlgrenska.se/upload/SU/HTA-centrum/HTA-rapporter/HTA-report%20Home-based%20versus%20hospital-based%20supervised%20exercise%20or%20walk%20till%20publicering%202014-10-09.pdf

URL for additional information: http://www.sahlgrenska.se/sv/SU/Forskning/HTA-centrum/Hogerkolumn-undersidor/Publicerade-rapporter/

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Organisation Name: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre

Contact Address: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre, Region Vastra Gotaland, HTA-centrum, Roda Straket 8, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, 413 45 GOTHENBORG, Sweden

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