Six-Minute Walking Test in Comparison with Spirometry Variables in Can-didates for Thoracotomy

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1 Resident Professor, Department of Intermal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Intermal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Resident, Department of Intermal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Background: The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a good index of physical function and therapeutic response in patients with chronic lung disease. The aim of present study was comparison six-minute walking test with spirometry variables in patients who were candidates for thoracotomy.Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 65 patients, who were candidates for thoracotomy, recruited from Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan, Iran by simple nonrandom sampling. At the beginning of the study, spirometry then the six-minute walk test was performed in the patients. Also, measurements of oxygen saturation and pulse rate during exercise and distance walked during six minutes were obtained. Three patients were unable to performed six-minute walk test and excluded. Data were collected and analyzed for 65 patients.Finding: The mean age of patients was 44.8 ± 14.2 years. Mean distance walked during six minutes was 427.27 ± 98 meters. There was significant association between mean of distance walked during six minutes and FEV1 dosage (r = 0.5; P = 0.043). There was no significant association between mean of distance walked during six minutes and age (r = -0.15; P = 0.5).Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrated that there is significant association between mean of 6MWT with FEV1 but more studies are needed to assay the relations among 6MWT and spirometry variables.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 28, Issue 119 - Serial Number 119
November and December 2011
Pages 1367-1373

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  • Receive Date: 19 March 2011
  • Revise Date: 04 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2022

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