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Physical activity six months after a myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Brändström Yvonne,
Brink Eva,
Grankvist Gunne,
Alsén Pia,
Herlitz Johan,
Karlson Björn W
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2009.01744.x
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , pedometer , medicine , physical activity , infarction , physical therapy , cardiology
In the present study, we wished to explore physical activity in middle‐aged patients 6 months after a myocardial infarction and to compare the patients’ self‐reported activity level with pedometric measures of footsteps/day. The sample comprised 89 patients with myocardial infarction, aged ≤ 65 years. The self‐report question showed that < 40% of the patients were engaged in at least 30 min of physical activity every day. The pedometric physical activity data showed a daily mean number of steps of 6719. The self‐report question was correlated with the pedometric registration data. Among myocardial infarction patients, physical activity 6 months after the acute heart attack was insufficient in the majority of patients, both when evaluated with a self‐report question and when evaluated with a pedometer. Efforts to increase physical activity after myocardial infarction are warranted.