Souza, Gérson FonsecaSouza, Gérson FonsecaNogueira, Ana Karolyn Menezes2019-12-092021-09-202019-12-092021-09-202019-12NOGUEIRA, Ana Karolyn Menezes. Eficácia de um Programa de Exercício Supervisionado a Distância na adesão e na manutenção da capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida em Cardiopatas – Estudo Piloto. 2019. 51 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Fisioterapia) - Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2019.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/35910Introduction: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a class I of recommendation after a cardiac event. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of deaths from chronic noncommunicable diseases in Brazil. Thus, home-based exercise programs become a feasible alternative to achieve the goal of educating patients on the development of eating habits, enabling regular physical exercise after an outpatient supervised CR program. Objective: To analyze whether a remote supervised exercise program (RSEP) is effective in adherence and maintenance of functional capacity and quality of life (QoL) of cardiac patients after an outpatient supervised CR program. Methodology: Pilot study involving patients after a supervised CR program. All participants underwent clinical, anthropometric assessment, six-minute walk test, and answered a health-related quality of life questionnaire before and after the RSEP. The patients were allocated into two groups: intervention (G1), which received guidance and follow-up through telephone calls; and the control (G2), which received guidance only. Results: 19 patients were selected, but 6 were excluded. A final sample contains 13 patients, 6 were allocated in G1 and 7 in G2. There was significantly higher adherence to RSEP in G1 than G2. G1 showed significantly higher post-RSEP scores in three SF-36 domains than G2. Functional capacity and QoL were maintained in both G1 and G2. Conclusion: The RSEP with follow-up through telephone calls showed an improvement of exercise adherence. In addition, both functional capacity and quality of life were maintained in the program with and without follow-up.: reabilitação cardíaca, exercício, qualidade de vida.cardiac rehabilitation, exercise, quality of life.Eficácia de um Programa de Exercício Supervisionado a Distância na adesão e na manutenção da capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida em Cardiopatas – Estudo PilotobachelorThesis