Facilitation of cardiac rehabilitation for chronic heart failure through the Japanese elderly version of leisure activity enjoyment scale:

A case study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors affecting grief emotion and motivation for exercise by implementing the elderly version of Leisure Activity Enjoyment Scale (LAES), and to make clinical suggestions for occupational therapy for heart failure patients. Changes in grief emotion resulted from LAES activating only positive memories of her husband. Increased motivation to exercise stemmed from enjoyment of flower bed management, which lead her to move her body naturally and to recognize the importance of walking. Therefore, occupational therapy for heart failure may increase intrinsic motivation for leisure activities by implementing LAES for heart failure subjects with psychological problems, and improve motivation for exercise by leisure activities utilizing the enjoyment feature of LAES.