Randomized controlled evaluation shows the effectiveness of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation program.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program on post-coronary arteries bypass graft patients.

Methods: This is a randomized study conducted in King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between June 2008 and January 2010. Forty-nine participants were randomized to either a control group (standard hospital treatment, n=21) or an intervention group (home-based CR, n=28).