ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2024
Kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery: a scoping review.
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- Summary of the best evidence for the management of kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Applying the fear-avoidance model to exercise rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass grafting a nurse-led intervention study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Trial
- Targeting Kinesiophobia After Thoracic Surgery with an Integrated Protection Motivation and Exposure Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Trial
- Fear of movement and its associated psychosocial factors in patients with acute cardiovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Observational
- Kinesiophobia and autonomous motivation for cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: sequential mediation by social support and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Analysis of the status and influencing factors of early ambulation in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction after surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis for kinesiophobia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Distinct kinesiophobia profiles and associated factors in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, and exercise adherence in postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients: the mediating role of exercise self-efficacy.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- The effect of pain on fear of movement in the early period after open heart surgery according to the fear-avoidance model: the role of moderating factors.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Influence of Kinesiophobia on Rehabilitation Outcomes in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease - Protocol for Systematic Review.Circulation reports · 2025Article
- Kinesiophobia in patients with heart failure: concept analysis using Rodgers' evolutionary approach.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Self-efficacy-kinesiophobia correlation in postoperative patients with primary liver cancer: the chain-mediating effect of postoperative fatigue and negative emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Postoperative kinesiophobia in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures: a prospective study of psychological and social determinants.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper reviews the scope of research on kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery. Further, it reviews the current situation, evaluation tools, risk factors, adverse effects, and intervention methods of kinesiophobia to provide a reference for promoting early rehabilitation of patients after cardiac surgery.
methodsGuided by the scoping methodology, the Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, China Biomedical Literature Database, VIP Database, Wanfang Database, CNKI, and other databases were searched from database inception until July 31, 2024. The studies obtained were screened, summarised and systematically analysed by two researchers.
resultsEighteen studies (16 cross-sectional studies, one qualitative study, and one randomised controlled trial) were included. The incidence of kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery was 39.20-82.57%, and the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia Heart (TSK-SV Heart) was used to evaluate this incidence. The influencing factors of kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery included demographic characteristics, pain severity, frailty, exercise self-efficacy, disease-related factors, and psychosocial factors. Kinesiophobia led to adverse health outcomes such as reduced recovery, prolonged hospital stays, and decreased quality of life in patients after cardiac surgery, and there were few studies on intervention methods for postoperative kinesiophobia.
conclusionThe kinesiophobia assessment tools suitable for patients after cardiac surgery should be improved, and intervention methods to promote the early recovery of patients after major clinical surgery and those with difficult and critical diseases should be actively researched.
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