Key result
Using the Fitbit Charge HR to validate self-reported exercise diaries was feasible and acceptable in 30 community-dwelling patients with heart failure over 8 weeks.
Why the study?
Does the Fitbit Charge HR provide a feasible and acceptable method to validate self-reported exercise diaries in community-dwelling patients with heart failure?
Observational (n=30)
Does the Fitbit Charge HR provide a feasible and acceptable method to validate self-reported exercise diaries in community-dwelling patients with heart failure?
Wrist-worn activity monitors like the Fitbit Charge HR are feasible and acceptable for objectively measuring exercise adherence in heart failure patients.
May support remote exercise monitoring in HF; hypothesis-generating, requires larger trials before adoption.
BACKGROUND: Use of wrist-worn activity monitors has increased over the past few years; however, the use of the Fitbit® Charge HR (FCHR) in a community setting in patients with heart failure has not been tested. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility, practicality and acceptability of utilizing the FCHR to validate self-reported exercise diaries and monitor exercise in community dwelling patients with heart failure. METHODS: Thirty heart failure patients (12 females and 18 males) aged 64.7 ± 11.5 years were provided with a FCHR. Participants were provided with an exercise routine and for eight weeks, recorded their exercise sessions in self-reported exercise diaries and used the FCHR to record those exercise sessions. RESULTS: Exercise data from the self-reported exercise diaries were validated with data from the FCHR. Participants' perception and acceptance of using the FCHR was positive. Validation of exercise and physical activity interventions using the FCHR appears feasible and acceptable in patients with heart failure. CONCLUSION: Wrist-worn activity monitors can be useful for objective measurement of exercise adherence and monitoring of physical activity in patients with heart failure in a community setting.
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Deka et al. (2018) conducted an observational in heart failure (n=30). Fitbit Charge HR was evaluated on Feasibility, practicality and acceptability of utilizing the FCHR to validate self-reported exercise diaries. Using the Fitbit Charge HR to validate self-reported exercise diaries was feasible and acceptable in 30 community-dwelling patients with heart failure over 8 weeks.
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