Home-based cardiac rehabilitation using information and communication technology for heart failure patients with frailty.
Yuta NagatomiTomomi IdeTae HiguchiTomoyuki NezuTakeo FujinoTakeshi TohyamaTakuya NagataTaiki HigoToru HashimotoShouji MatsushimaKeisuke ShinoharaTomiko YokoyamaAika EguchiAyumi OgusuMasataka IkedaYusuke IshikawaFumika YamashitaShintaro KinugawaHiroyuki TsutsuiPublished in: ESC heart failure (2022)
Our comprehensive HBCR programme using ICT for HF patients with physical frailty improved exercise tolerance and improved lower extremity muscle strength in our sample, suggesting management with individualized ICT-based programmes as a safe and effective approach. Considering the increasing number of HF patients with frailty worldwide, our approach provides an efficient method to keep patients engaged in physical activity in their daily life.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- community dwelling
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- body mass index
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- mental health
- healthcare
- heart failure
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- acute heart failure
- health information
- resistance training
- body composition
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported