Yokote T, Nishimura T, Furukawa S, Inoue S. Association of Frailty and Depressive Symptoms With the Establishment of Exercise Habits in Patients Undergoing Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl 2023;
5:100290. [PMID:
38163025 PMCID:
PMC10757163 DOI:
10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100290]
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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 during the January 1, 2019-June 1, 2022, study period. Of these, 48 individuals were excluded because they did not complete the course and 54 were excluded because they lacked outcome data. Finaly, 242 individuals (mean age: 68.2±11.1 years) were analyzed.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Variable
The establishment of an exercise habit defined as exercising at least 2 days per week and 30 minutes per day.
Results
Participants were divided into 4 groups depending upon the presence or absence of frailty and depressive symptoms: non-frail with no reported depressive symptoms (173 subjects), frailty-only (21 subjects), depressive symptoms-only (38 subjects), and frailty and depressive symptoms (10 subjects). Compared with patients who were not depressed and not frail, those with frailty only (odds ratio [OR]: 0.43, 95% confidence interval: 0.21-0.88, P=.02) and those with frailty and depressive symptoms (OR: 0.21, 95% confidence interval: 0.05-0.82, P=.025) had significantly lower ORs for establishing exercise habits. After multivariate adjustment, the OR of establishing an exercise habit was significantly lower in those with only frailty (OR: 0.35, 95% confidence interval: 0.14-0.85, P=.005).
Conclusions
This study, while limited by the small number of subjects with both frailty and depressive symptoms, indicates that interventions to prevent frailty during hospitalization and cardiac rehabilitation may be essential for cardiovascular disease patients with frailty whether or not associated with depressive symptoms.
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