Deka Pallav, Pozehl Bunny, Norman Joseph F, Khazanchi Deepak
1 Department of Nursing, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, USA.
2 College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2018 Oct;17(7):605-611. doi: 10.1177/1474515118766037. Epub 2018 Mar 16.
Use of wrist-worn activity monitors has increased over the past few years; however, the use of the Fitbit® Charge HR (FCHR) in a community setting in patients with heart failure has not been tested.
The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility, practicality and acceptability of utilizing the FCHR to validate self-reported exercise diaries and monitor exercise in community dwelling patients with heart failure.
Thirty heart failure patients (12 females and 18 males) aged 64.7 ± 11.5 years were provided with a FCHR. Participants were provided with an exercise routine and for eight weeks, recorded their exercise sessions in self-reported exercise diaries and used the FCHR to record those exercise sessions.
Exercise data from the self-reported exercise diaries were validated with data from the FCHR. Participants' perception and acceptance of using the FCHR was positive. Validation of exercise and physical activity interventions using the FCHR appears feasible and acceptable in patients with heart failure.
Wrist-worn activity monitors can be useful for objective measurement of exercise adherence and monitoring of physical activity in patients with heart failure in a community setting.
在过去几年中，腕部佩戴式活动监测器的使用有所增加；然而，在社区环境中，心力衰竭患者使用Fitbit® Charge HR（FCHR）尚未经过测试。
本研究的目的是评估使用FCHR来验证自我报告的运动日记并监测社区居住的心力衰竭患者运动情况的可行性、实用性和可接受性。
为30名年龄在64.7±11.5岁的心力衰竭患者（12名女性和18名男性）提供了一个FCHR。为参与者提供了一份运动计划，在八周的时间里，他们在自我报告的运动日记中记录自己的运动情况，并使用FCHR记录这些运动情况。
自我报告的运动日记中的运动数据与FCHR的数据得到了验证。参与者对使用FCHR的感知和接受度是积极的。在心力衰竭患者中，使用FCHR对运动和体力活动干预进行验证似乎是可行且可接受的。
腕部佩戴式活动监测器对于在社区环境中客观测量心力衰竭患者的运动依从性和监测体力活动可能是有用的。
