Simple Measures of Function and Symptoms in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients Predict Short-Term Cardiac Event-Free Survival

Table 1

Study procedure.

Study start—day 1	Study days 2–4	Study end—day 5; (or day of discharge)	90 days after discharge
Baseline measures	Check-in visits	Final measures	Follow-up call
Demographic: age, gender, race, marital status; Clinical: vital signs, symptoms, EF; Functional: home exercise (self-report), NYHA Class at home and study start, Katz Index of ADLs, KPS, SPPB; Ambulation: place accelerometer monitors on ankle and thigh	Skin: check skin condition under monitors; Ambulation: move accelerometer monitors to opposite ankle and thigh	Clinical: vital signs, symptoms, HRDES, EF confirmation, receipt of PT in hospital; Functional: NYHA Class at study end; Skin: check skin condition under monitors; Ambulation: remove accelerometer monitors	Phone call to determine whether rehospitalization or emergency room visit occurred

Abbreviations: ADLs: activities of daily living; EF: ejection fraction; HRDES: high risk diagnosis for the elderly score; KPS: Karnofsky performance status scale; NYHA: New York Heart Association; PT: physical therapy; SPPB: short physical function battery.