Effects of exercise rehabilitation on the depression and anxiety state and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of exercise rehabilitation on the depression and anxiety state and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure. Methods 400 cases of chronic heart failure patients were selected as the research objects.They were randomly divided into control group(n=200)and exercise rehabilitation group(n=200) by random number table.Two groups were given symptomatic treatment and routine care on a regular basis, and exercise rehabilitation group again on this foundation to give rehabilitation therapy for 3 weeks.Self-rating anxiety scale(SAS) and Self-rating depression scale(SDS)were used to score the anxiety and depression of the two groups before and after rehabilitation.The SF-36 was used to assess the quality of life of patients.Rehabilitation satisfaction questionnaire was used to investigate the satisfaction degree of rehabilitation. Results There was no significant difference in SAS and SDS scores between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05). After intervention, the SAS and SDS scores of the two groups were significantly lower than those before intervention (P 0.05). After intervention, the scores of SF-36 scale were significantly increased in the two groups, and the difference was statistically significant compared with that before intervention (P<0.05). All the factors of SF-36 in exercise rehabilitation group were significantly higher than those in control group (mental health: (72.06±7.48)vs(64.34±7.01), emotional function: (81.06±7.01)vs(76.05±6.92), social function: (81.14±7.83)vs(71.26±7.65), overall health: (70.14±8.05)vs(61.26±7.95), energy: (74.56±7.81)vs(69.46±7.40), the body pain: (68.51±7.36)vs(60.26±7.51), physical limitations: (64.99±7.31)vs(59.62±7.53 ), physiological function: (69.71±7.63)vs(63.84±7.04), all P<0.05). The satisfaction of the exercise rehabilitation group (92.5%)was significantly higher than that of the control group(75.0%) (P<0.05). Conclusion Exercise rehabilitation training can not only improve the anxiety and depression of patients with chronic heart failure, but also effectively improve the quality of life of patients.Exercise rehabilitation training has a high degree of recognition, and is worthy of extensive application in clinical practice. Key words: Exercise rehabilitation; Chronic heart failure(CHF); Quality of life; Anxiety; Depression