Commentary on: Platz K, Metzger M, Cavanagh C, et al. Initiating and continuing long-term exercise in heart failure: A qualitative analysis from the GEtting iNTo Light Exercise-Heart Failure Study. J Cardiovasc Nurs; 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001086. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38411493
Implications for practice and research When clinicians have a better understanding of patient decisions regarding exercise, they are better equipped to redesign traditional cardiac exercise programmes. Themes from this study provide frameworks to design future quantitative and mixed-method studies that will inform clinicians about the patient experience with cardiac exercise programmes.
Management of heart failure (HF) is a challenge, with less than one-third of patients meeting physical activity recommendations.