PMID- 23097653
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121026
LR  - 20240318
IS  - 1671-5411 (Print)
IS  - 1671-5411 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Safety and predictors of adherence of a new rehabilitation program for older 
      women with congestive heart failure.
PG  - 243-6
LID - 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.12211 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety of a cardiac rehabilitation program for older 
      women with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and determine if certain factors 
      influence adherence. METHODS: Women over the age of 65 with CHF attended an 
      exercise program supervised by a physiotherapist. Quality of life was measured by 
      the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and severity of 
      disease by the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class. Subjects were classified 
      into those who attended 90% or more of the sessions and those who attended less 
      than 90% of the sessions. RESULTS: Fifty-one subjects were studied. Eight 
      subjects did not attend any sessions. Of the 43 attendees, the average percentage 
      of sessions attended was 87%. There were no significant differences between the 
      two groups in age, MLHFQ or NYHA Class. There was only one adverse event out of 
      280 participant attendances. CONCLUSIONS: The program had a high level of 
      adherence in this population. Age, MLHFQ or NYHA Class did not impact on session 
      attendance. Our data suggests this program is safe for this population. Further 
      research is needed to determine other predictors of attendance and the 
      examination of safety issues and long-term adherence to exercise in this 
      population.
FAU - Azad, Nahid A
AU  - Azad NA
AD  - Geriatric Assessment Unit, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus 1053 Carling Avenue, 
      Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4E9, Canada.
FAU - Bouchard, Kathy
AU  - Bouchard K
FAU - Mayhew, Alain
AU  - Mayhew A
FAU - Carter, Maureen
AU  - Carter M
FAU - Molnar, Frank J
AU  - Molnar FJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - J Geriatr Cardiol
JT  - Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC
JID - 101237881
PMC - PMC3470022
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adherence
OT  - Congestive heart failure
OT  - Elderly women
OT  - Exercise
EDAT- 2012/10/26 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/26 06:01
PMCR- 2012/09/01
CRDT- 2012/10/26 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/05/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/08/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/10/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - jgc-09-03-243 [pii]
AID - 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.12211 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Geriatr Cardiol. 2012 Sep;9(3):243-6. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.12211.