Association of Frailty and Depressive Symptoms With the Establishment of Exercise Habits in Patients Undergoing Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether patients undergoing outpatient cardiac rehabilitation who have frailty and depressive symptoms at discharge are less likely than those without these condition to establish positive exercise habits.

Design

A retrospective cohort study that involved the assessment of frailty and depressive symptoms at the end of a 3-month course of cardiac rehabilitation. Frailty was defined as the patient noting 3 or more items using the criteria of Fried et al, while depressive symptoms were delineated by Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores of 10 or greater.

Setting

General hospital (1048 beds) with outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in a suburb location in Japan.

Participants

344 individuals underwent outpatient cardiac rehabilitation durin

SUBMITTER: Yokote T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature