South China Journal of Preventive Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 1114-1118.doi: 10.12183/j.scjpm.2023.1114

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Investigation on the status and related factors of exercise participation in patients with chronic heart failure

WANG Junfang, LIU Yancun, WANG Denglin, HU Guangling, QIN Jiali, WEN Qiongge   

  1. Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Heart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China
  • Received:2023-05-02 Online:2023-09-20 Published:2023-11-07

Abstract: Objective To explore the status and influencing factors of exercise participation in patients with chronic heart failure. Methods The study subjects were patients with chronic heart failure who were treated at a hospital in Zhengzhou from January 2022 to January 2023. After discharge, the exercise status of patients was investigated through outpatient follow‐up. The descriptive analysis method was used to analyze the exercise status of patients with chronic heart failure, and univariate and multivariate analyses were used to analyze the influencing factors of exercise frequency, exercise duration, and exercise intensity. Results Among 220 patients with chronic heart failure, 192 patients participated in aerobic exercise and 28 patients participated in resistance exercise. The main aerobic exercise participants were jogging (132 cases, 68.75%) and walking (114 cases, 59.38%). Exercise frequency<3 times/week accounted for 60.91% (134 cases), ≥3 times/week accounted for 39.09% (86 cases); Exercise duration ≥30 min/time accounted for 55.45% (122 cases),<30 min/time accounted for 44.55% (98 cases); The intensity of<12 RPE accounted for 69.64% (151 cases), and ≥12 RPE accounted for 31.36% (69 cases). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender (OR=0.635), heart function (OR=0.360), exercise fear score (OR=0.410), and total SEE score (OR=3.071) were factors that affect exercise frequency; Age (OR=0.444), heart function (OR=0.295), exercise fear score (OR=0.378), and total SEE score (OR=3.264) were factors that affect exercise duration; Age (OR=0.444), heart function (OR=0.315), other underlying diseases (OR=0.356), exercise fear score (OR=0.410), and total SEE score (OR=2.809) were factors that affect exercise intensity. Conclusion Patients with chronic heart failure mainly engage in aerobic exercise, and the frequency, duration, and intensity of exercise are influenced by factors such as gender and cardiac function and so on.

Key words: Chronic heart failure, Exercise, Influencing factor

CLC Number: 

  • R541.6