All-cause mortality p Value | All hospitalisations p Value | MLWHF p Value | All HRQoL outcomes p Value | |
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Type of rehabilitation (exercise only vs comprehensive) | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.23 | 0.28 |
Type of exercise (aerobic training alone vs aerobic plus resistance training) | 0.74 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.54 |
Exercise dose (number of weeks×number of sessions/week×average duration of session in hours) | 0.15 | 0.80 | 0.15 | 0.28 |
Exercise setting (hospital only, home only, both hospital and home) | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.85 | 0.23 |
Single versus multicentre | 0.94 | 0.70 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
Publication date | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.60 |
Risk of bias* | 0.40 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.08 |
*‘Low’ risk of bias trial: absence of bias in >5 out 8 of risk of bias items vs ‘high’ risk of trial: absence of bias in <5 out 8 items.
HRQoL, health-related quality of life; MLWHF, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire.