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Is fear of exercise associated with worse health-related quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator?
Is fear of exercise associated with worse health-related quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator?
Fear of exercise is negatively associated with health-related quality of life in ICD patients, suggesting that identifying and addressing this fear could improve patient outcomes.
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Hypothesis-generating for targeting exercise fear in ICD patients; prospective trials needed before any practice change.
Ittersum et al. (2003) studied this question.
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