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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To explore the effects of mindful walking (MFW) based on the Timing It Right (TIR) framework on anxiety, depression, and cardiopulmonary function in patients with atrial fibrillation combined with chronic heart failure.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 86 patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure admitted to the cardiology department of our hospital between June 2023 and March 2024 were enrolled in this study. Two homogeneous management wards were selected, with 43 patients from Ward A serving as the control group and 43 patients from Ward B as the intervention group. After excluding those lost to follow-up or readmitted, 39 patients were included in the control group and 41 in the intervention group. The control group received routine care, discharge guidance, and exercise rehabilitation training, while the intervention group received MFW intervention based on the TIR framework in addition to the standard care treatment. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), 6-minute Walk Distance (6MWD), incidence of adverse cardiac events, and Senior Fitness Test (SFT) were used for effect evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The observation period of the study was 24 weeks, and there were no significant differences in general information, pre-intervention SAS and SDS scores, FFMQ, 6MWD, and SFT between the two groups (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). Post-intervention, the SAS and SDS scores in the intervention group were 38.12\u2009\u00b1\u20094.18 and 37.34\u2009\u00b1\u20093.62, significantly lower than the control group scores of 54.05\u2009\u00b1\u20095.93 and 51.15\u2009\u00b1\u20095.91 (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200913.938, 12.679, both <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The intervention group's FFMQ scores for observing, describing, and acting with awareness were 25.98\u2009\u00b1\u20094.14, 28.68\u2009\u00b1\u20093.12, and 32.02\u2009\u00b1\u20093.49, all significantly higher than the control group's scores of 20.85\u2009\u00b1\u20093.31, 22.41\u2009\u00b1\u20091.94, and 26.82\u2009\u00b1\u20093.75 (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22126.101, \u221210.735, \u22126.431, all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The 6MWD for the intervention group was greater than the control group (376.90\u2009\u00b1\u200942.99 vs. 312.13\u2009\u00b1\u200915.01, <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22128.904, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Additionally, the intervention group's lower limb muscle strength and grip strength were 11.00\u2009\u00b1\u20092.19 and 22.90\u2009\u00b1\u20093.94, both superior to the control group's 6.38\u2009\u00b1\u20092.54 and 16.85\u2009\u00b1\u20094.59, with significant differences (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22128.715, \u22127.746, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure, the Timing It Right-based mindful walking intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in mindfulness capacity, cardiopulmonary performance metrics, and negative emotion scores compared to standard care controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcvm.2025.1587547","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,19]],"date-time":"2025-06-19T13:07:17Z","timestamp":1750338437000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The effectiveness of mindful walking based on the timing it right framework in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Qin","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jingjing","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yeping","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Juanqin","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xia","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jianjiang","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoping","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhenliang","family":"Chu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"154","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)61774-8","article-title":"50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the framingham heart study: a cohort study","volume":"386","author":"Schnabel","year":"2015","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"318","DOI":"10.1016\/j.carpath.2007.12.003","article-title":"Association of echocardiographic atrial size and atrial fibrosis in a sequential model of congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation","volume":"17","author":"Knackstedt","year":"2008","journal-title":"Cardiovasc Pathol"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"121","DOI":"10.3928\/19404921-20170411-02","article-title":"Effects of low-intensity exercise in older adults with chronic heart failure during the transitional period from hospital to home in China: a randomized controlled trial","volume":"10","author":"Xueyu","year":"2017","journal-title":"Res Gerontol Nurs"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"106","DOI":"10.3760\/cma.j.cn112138-20200312-00232","article-title":"Chinese expert consensus on cardiac rehabilitation in patients with atrial fibrillation","volume":"60","year":"2021","journal-title":"Chin J Intern. 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