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Trial reportRehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Psychological responses and adherence to exercise in heart failure.

Kathleen Duncan, Bunny Pozehl, Melody Hertzog, Joseph F Norman

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions to promote patient utilisation of cardiac rehabilitation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  2. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with heart failure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  3. Impact of exercise on the 21Sports medicine and health science · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathleen DuncanCollege of Nursing-Lincoln Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Bunny Pozehl
Melody Hertzog
Joseph F Norman
University of Nebraska Medical Center · USAmerican Physical Therapy Association · US

Funding

Heart failure Exercise And Resistance Training CAMPR15NR009215 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI POZEHL, BUNNY · 2005 to 2005
$221k
NINR NIH HHS R15 NR009215NINR NIH HHS R15NR009215-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study was to describe psychological effects and exercise adherence during a multicomponent exercise training intervention.

methodsA sample of 42 patients with heart failure were randomized into an exercise (INV) group (n = 22) and an attention control (AC) group (n = 20). The exercise protocol included two 12-week phases, a structured phase and a self-managed phase. The psychological responses assessed were mood states and exercise self-efficacy. To meet the second purpose of the study, the exercise group was dichotomized based on the number of sessions completed to create two adherence subgroups.

findingsResults indicate self-efficacy improved for the INV group and was maintained during the self-management phase. The adherence subgroups demonstrated different patterns for weekly exercise. Depression and confusion scores improved for the high-adherence group in contrast to worsening for the low-adherence group.

conclusionsResults suggest a need for further study of the psychological responses of exercise adherence for patients with heart failure. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The study indicates the importance of continuous assessment of exercise participation and longer term adherence support for patients with heart failure.

Indexed as

Heart FailureAgedEducation, Nursing, ContinuingExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ComplianceRehabilitation NursingTreatment OutcomeadherenceexercisefrequencyHeart failurepsychological

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PMID23720399
PMCPMC3760978
OpenAlexW2008671384

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