Effect of TCM Nursing Combined with Exercise Rehabilitation on Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
CHANG Guijuan
WU Guiling
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of TCM nursing combined with exercise rehabilitation on exercise endurance and quality of life on patients with chronic heart failure.Methods A total of 82 patients with chronic heart failure treated in Chinese Medicine Hospital of Puyang from July 2022 to December 2023 were randomly grouped,with 41 cases in the observation group and the control group.The control group was received routine nursing and exercise rehabilitation intervention,and the observation group was received TCM nursing on the basis.The nursing intervention time was 3 months.Exercise endurance was evaluated by 6-minute walking test(6MWT)and rating of perceived exertion(RPE),quality of life was evaluated by Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire(MLHFQ),and nursing satisfaction was compared.Results After nursing intervention,6MWT and RPE scores in both groups were improved,6MWT in the observation group was higher than the control group,and RPE scores were lower(P＜0.05).After nursing intervention,the dimension scores of body condition,emotional change and other dimension of MLHFQ in both groups were decreased,and the scores in the observation group were lower(P＜0.05).The nursing satisfaction in the observation group was higher(P＜0.05).Conclusion The application of TCM nursing combined with exercise rehabilitation could effectively improve the exercise endurance and quality of life of patients,and the nursing satisfaction was higher.
Keywords：chronic heart failureexercise rehabilitationTCM nursingexercise endurancequality of life
Publication Date：2026-07-13
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2472-2475 )