Home-based telehealth exercise training program in Chinese patients with heart failure

98 Chinese adults with chronic heart failure for at least 3 months (NYHA class I-III), clinically stable on regular medication for at least 4 weeks, mean age 66.3 years, 59.2% male. Excluded: myocardial infarction within the last month, unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension, severe respiratory diseases.

8-week home-based telehealth exercise training program (32 sessions: 12 endurance, 20 resistance/muscular strengthening) delivered via QQ and Wechat instant messaging, plus regular follow-ups and usual care.

Usual care (simple discharge education and regular follow-up visits at the clinic, without any instruction regarding exercise).

Quality of life measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) at 2 months (post-test) and 6 months after discharge (4 months post-test).patient reported