Web-Based Questionnaire Survey on Heart Failure in Elderly Patients Using Outpatient Rehabilitation　― Actual Conditions of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Long-Term Care Insurance Systems ―

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  Figure 1.. Rehabilitation in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (multiple answers allowed). Accepting facilities are for patients with heart failure (HF) only, whereas non-accepting facilities are for patients with diseases other than HF. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 between accepting and non-accepting facilities.

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  Figure 2.. Indicators for risk management in rehabilitation (multiple answers allowed). Accepting facilities are for patients with heart failure (HF) only, whereas non-accepting facilities are for patients with diseases other than HF. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 between accepting and non-accepting facilities.

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  Figure 3.. Indicators of exercise load in rehabilitation (top 5 answers). Accepting facilities are for patients with heart failure (HF) only, whereas non-accepting facilities are for patients with diseases other than HF. *P<0.05 between accepting and non-accepting facilities. CPX, cardiopulmonary pulmonary exercise test; METs, metabolic equivalents.

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  Figure 4.. Lifestyle guidance in outpatient rehabilitation (top 5 answers). Accepting facilities are for patients with heart failure (HF) only, whereas non-accepting facilities are for patients with diseases other than HF. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 between accepting and non-accepting facilities. HF, heart failure; LTCI, Long‐Term Care Insurance.

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  Figure 5.. (A) Reasons for not accepting patients with heart failure (HF) and (B) plans for future acceptance (n=25). CHFEJ, Certified Heart Failure Educator of Japan; CR, cardiac rehabilitation; OR, outpatient rehabilitation.