Web-Based Questionnaire Survey on Heart Failure in Elderly Patients Using Outpatient Rehabilitation　- Actual Conditions of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Long-Term Care Insurance Systems.

ABSTRACT: Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual conditions of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) for elderly patients with heart failure (HF) in outpatient rehabilitation (OR) facilities using long-term care insurance systems. Methods and Results: This was a cross-sectional web-based questionnaire survey conducted at 1,258 facilities in the Kansai region (6 prefectures) of Japan from October to December 2021. In all, 184 facilities responded to the web-based questionnaire (response rate 14.8%). Of these facilities, 159 (86.4%) accepted patients with HF. Among the patients with HF, 94.3% were aged ≥75 years and 66.7% were classified as New York Heart Association functional class I/II. Facilities treating patients with HF generally provided exercise t

SUBMITTER: Tauchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10072896 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature