The association of frailty on cardiac rehabilitation goal achievement.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Frailty is common among patients entering cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes; however, it is unclear if frailty influences achieving goals in CR.

Methods

We report a secondary analysis of participants who were referred to an exercise and education-based CR program from 2005 to 2015. Frailty was measured by a 25-item accumulation of deficits frailty index (FI) ranging from 0 to 1; higher scores indicate higher frailty. Participants were categorized by admission frailty levels (FI scores: < 0.20, 0.20-0.29, 0.30-0.39, > 0.40). CR goals were determined with shared decision-making between CR staff and the patients. We conducted logistic regression analyses to examine the odds of goal attainment by CR completion, adjusting fo

SUBMITTER: MacEachern E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347271 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature