Association of objectively measured daily physical activity and health utility to disease severity in chronic heart failure patients: A cross-sectional study

Physical activity, exercise and fitness for prevention and treatment of heart failure

“…Finally, we applaud these authors of this study from Japan for further illustrating the importance of PA and PAEE and HU in HF severity [3] . HF is complex disease that presents many challenges to patients, thus caring for patients with HF requires a team approach.…”

“…In this Issue of American Heart Journal Plus, Izawa and colleagues [3] in a study from Japan assessed PA levels in 276 chronic HF patients and evaluated the relationship between PA and health utility (HU) to HF disease severity based on the NYHA Functional Classification. Their results demonstrated that higher steps per day and total PA energy expenditure (PAEE), as well as HU, all decreased significantly with HF severity.…”