Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise in Older Adults With Chronic Heart Failure During the Transitional Period From Hospital to Home in China: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Xueyu ◽  
Yu Hao ◽  
Xu Shunlin ◽  
Li Rongbin ◽  
Gao Yuan
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. P5085-P5085 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Enjuanes Grau ◽  
J. Comin Colet ◽  
J. M. Verdu Rotellar ◽  
G. Gonzalez Robledo ◽  
A. Linas Alonso ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Ding ◽  
Rajiv Jayasena ◽  
Sheau Huey Chen ◽  
Andrew Maiorana ◽  
Alison Dowling ◽  
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BACKGROUND Telemonitoring enables care providers to remotely support outpatients in self-managing chronic heart failure (CHF), but the objective assessment of patient compliance with self-management recommendations has seldom been studied. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate patient compliance with self-management recommendations of an innovative telemonitoring enhanced care program for CHF (ITEC-CHF). METHODS We conducted a multicenter randomized controlled trial with a 6-month follow-up. The ITEC-CHF program comprised the provision of Bluetooth-enabled scales linked to a call center and nurse care services to assist participants with weight monitoring compliance. Compliance was defined a priori as weighing at least 4 days per week, analyzed objectively from weight recordings on the scales. The intention-to-treat principle was used to perform the analysis. RESULTS A total of 184 participants (141/184, 76.6% male), with a mean age of 70.1 (SD 12.3) years, were randomized to receive either ITEC-CHF (n=91) or usual care (control; n=93), of which 67 ITEC-CHF and 81 control participants completed the intervention. For the compliance criterion of weighing at least 4 days per week, the proportion of compliant participants in the ITEC-CHF group was not significantly higher than that in the control group (ITEC-CHF: 67/91, 74% vs control: 56/91, 60%; <i>P</i>=.06). However, the proportion of ITEC-CHF participants achieving the stricter compliance standard of at least 6 days a week was significantly higher than that in the control group (ITEC-CHF: 41/91, 45% vs control: 23/93, 25%; <i>P</i>=.005). CONCLUSIONS ITEC-CHF improved participant compliance with weight monitoring, although the withdrawal rate was high. Telemonitoring is a promising method for supporting both patients and clinicians in the management of CHF. However, further refinements are required to optimize this model of care. CLINICALTRIAL Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN12614000916640; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=366691


2020 ◽  
pp. 089198872092470
Author(s):  
Jaehoon Seol ◽  
Yuya Fujii ◽  
Taiki Inoue ◽  
Naruki Kitano ◽  
Kenji Tsunoda ◽  
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Objective: This study aimed to determine whether the timing of exercise influenced the effects of home-based low-intensity stepping exercises on the sleep parameters of older adults. Method: For 8 weeks, 60 healthy older adults participated in a randomized controlled trial, performing low-intensity aerobic exercise (70-80 bpm) for about 30 minutes every day at home, either in the morning (from waking until 12:00) or evening (18:00 to bedtime). Results: In the evening exercise group, both subjectively and objectively measured sleep latency significantly improved throughout the intervention. Further, postintervention subjective sleep satisfaction was significantly higher in the evening group (6.2 ± 1.3 points) than in the morning group (5.2 ± 1.4 points; P = .006). Additionally, sleep variables related to evening exercise had larger effect sizes (Cohen d) than those performed in the morning. Conclusion: Engaging in low-intensity stepping exercises during the evening is potentially a useful nonpharmacological approach to improving sleep quality among older adults.


2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary D. Naylor ◽  
Dorothy A. Brooten ◽  
Roberta L. Campbell ◽  
Greg Maislin ◽  
Kathleen M. McCauley ◽  
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