著者
Keisuke Kida Miho Nishitani-Yokoyama Yuji Kono Kentaro Kamiya Takuya Kishi Koichi Node Shigeru Makita Yutaka Kimura Shunichi Ishihara for the Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (JACR) Public Relations Committee
出版者
The Japanese Circulation Society
雑誌
Circulation Reports (ISSN:24340790)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.4, no.10, pp.469-473, 2022-10-07 (Released:2022-10-07)
参考文献数
16

Background: We previously reported the results of a questionnaire survey of 37 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) training facilities conducted during April 2020, in Japan.Methods and Results: We conducted a second questionnaire survey in 38 CR training facilities to explore the preventive measures against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) after a nationwide state of emergency was declared and to investigate differences between the 2 surveys. No significant differences were observed, except for the requirement for patients to wear surgical masks during CR (P=0.01) in the second survey. Thirty-four facilities (89%) continued CR with innovations, 61% revised their instruction manuals (vs. 46% in the first survey), and, in 39%, patients requested resumption of ambulatory CR and training videos.Conclusions: In the second survey, 74% of facilities were unable to continue conventional group ambulatory CR; however, patients maintained their physical activity and exercise regimens and managed their illnesses with the aid of telephones and mobile devices.