Psychosocial Factors, Exercise Adherence, and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients: Insights From Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)
Recommended Citation
Cooper LB, Mentz RJ, Sun JL, Schulte PJ, Fleg JL, Cooper LS, Pina IL, Leifer ES, Kraus WE, Whellan DJ, Keteyian SJ, O'Connor CM. Psychosocial factors, exercise adherence, and outcomes in heart failure patients: Insights from heart failure: A controlled trial investigating outcomes of exercise training (hf-action). Circ Heart Fail. Nov 2015;8(6):1044-1051.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2015
Publication Title
Circ Heart Fail
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors may influence adherence with exercise training for heart failure (HF) patients. We aimed to describe the association between social support and barriers to participation with exercise adherence and clinical outcomes.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Of patients enrolled in Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION), 2279 (97.8%) completed surveys to assess social support and barriers to exercise, resulting in the perceived social support score (PSSS) and barriers to exercise score (BTES). Higher PSSS indicated higher levels of social support, whereas higher BTES indicated more barriers to exercise. Exercise time at 3 and 12 months correlated with PSSS (r= 0.09 and r= 0.13, respectively) and BTES (r=-0.11 and r=-0.12, respectively), with higher exercise time associated with higher PSSS and lower BTES (All P
CONCLUSIONS: Poor social support and high barriers to exercise were associated with lower exercise time. PSSS did not impact the effect of exercise training on outcomes. However, for cardiovascular death or HF hospitalization, exercise training had a greater impact on patients with lower BTES. Given that exercise training improves outcomes in HF patients, assessment of perceived barriers may facilitate individualized approaches to implement exercise training therapy in clinical practice.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00047437.
Medical Subject Headings
Aged; Exercise; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart Failure; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Compliance; Quality of Life; Social Support; Stroke Volume; Treatment Outcome
PubMed ID
26578668
Volume
8
Issue
6
First Page
1044
Last Page
1051
