Why the study?
Walking integrated into daily life is suitable for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, but whether a 6-month lifestyle walking intervention combining self-monitoring and regular telephone counseling improves functional capacity compared with usual care remained to be determined.
Does a 6-month lifestyle walking intervention improve functional capacity assessed by the 6-minute walk test in patients with stable heart failure with reduced ejection fraction compared with usual care?
Population
186 patients with stable HFrEF and NYHA class II-III symptoms in the Czech Republic
Comparison
6-month lifestyle walking intervention with activity tracker and telephone counseling vs usual care
Design
Multicenter parallel-group randomized controlled trial
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
Loading...
Offers a low-cost, accessible strategy to improve functional capacity in stable HFrEF.
Does a 6-month lifestyle walking intervention improve functional capacity assessed by the 6-minute walk test in patients with stable heart failure with reduced ejection fraction compared with usual care?
A 6-month pedometer-based walking intervention with telephone counseling in HFrEF patients successfully increased daily physical activity but did not translate into improved functional capacity as measured by the 6-minute walk test.
Větrovský et al. (2023) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: