Lifestyle Walking Intervention for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The WATCHFUL Trial

• Authors: VETROVSKY Tomas; SIRANEC Michal; FRYBOVA Tereza; GANT Iulian; SVOBODOVA Iveta; LINHART Ales; PAŘENICA Jiří; MIKLÍKOVÁ Marie; ŠUJAKOVÁ Lenka; POSPÍŠIL David; PELOUCH Radek; ODRAZKOVA Daniela; PARIZEK Petr; PRECEK Jan; HUTYRA Martin; TABORSKY Milos; VESELY Jiri; GRIVA Martin; SEMERAD Miroslav; BUNC Vaclav; HRABCOVA Karolina; VOJKUVKOVA Adela; SVOBODA Michal; BELOHLAVEK Jan
• Year of publication: 2024
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Circulation
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067395
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067395
• Keywords: behavior; cardiac rehabilitation; counseling; exercise; fitness trackers; walk test; walking
• Description: BACKGROUND: Physical activity is pivotal in managing heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and walking integrated into daily life is an especially suitable form of physical activity. This study aimed to determine whether a 6-month lifestyle walking intervention combining self-monitoring and regular telephone counseling improves functional capacity assessed by the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with stable heart failure with reduced ejection fraction compared with usual care.