Study Highlights Mobility as Key to Improved Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients
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Compared with those who spent most of their time in a single room, people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) who were able to travel outside of their home without assistance were significantly less likely to be hospitalized or die within a year, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session.
The findings underscore the value of supporting holistic care and encouraging people with heart failure to maintain an active lifestyle and engage with others in their community to the extent possible, researchers said.
The study used a metric known as life-space mobility to quantify the degree to which patients moved around in their communities over the course of one month. Life-space mobility has been shown to be a reliable marker of risk of adverse outcomes in people with a variety of chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and peripheral artery disease, but the new study is the first to assess it in the context of HFpEF.
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