PMID- 31469386
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230504
IS  - 1680-0745 (Electronic)
IS  - 1995-1892 (Print)
IS  - 1015-9657 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 6
DP  - 2019 Nov-Dec 23
TI  - The walking estimated limitation stated by history (WELSH): a visual tool to 
      self-reported walking impairment in a predominantly illiterate population.
PG  - 341-346
LID - 10.5830/CVJA-2019-032 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in low-income 
      countries. Various questionnaires to estimate walking capacity in patients are 
      available in multiple languages but they are not suitable for illiterate 
      patients. OBJECTIVE: The walking estimated limitation stated by history (WELSH) 
      tool aims at rating individual walking disability using only drawings and four 
      items. METHODS: A six-month prospective study was performed on new patients 
      referred to the Department of Cardiology at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire 
      Souro Sanou in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. We administered the WELSH tool after 
      a short oral presentation in the patient's language or dialect. Thereafter, 
      patients performed a six-minute walking test in the hospital corridor under the 
      supervision of a nurse who was blinded to the results of the WELSH score. We 
      performed a step-by-step multilinear regression analysis to determine the factors 
      predicting maximal walking distance (MWD). RESULTS: There were 40 female and 10 
      male patients in this study. Their ages ranged from 54.8 +/- 10.7 years. Only 32% 
      of the patients had attended primary school. Most patients were classified as 
      stage I to III of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. The 
      objective measurement of MWD during a six-minute walking test showed no 
      association with the subjects' educational level, body mass index, NYHA stage or 
      gender, but a significant correlation with the WELSH scores. The Spearman r-value 
      for the WELSH score-to-MWD relationship was 0.605 (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The 
      WELSH tool is feasible and correlated with measured MWD in a population of 
      predominantly illiterate patients.
FAU - Sempore, Wendsandate Yves
AU  - Sempore WY
AD  - Centre Muraz, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; Vascular Medicine, University 
      Hospital Centre of Angers, Angers Cedex Angers, France.
FAU - Ilboudo, Alassane
AU  - Ilboudo A
AD  - Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo Dioulasso, 
      Burkina Faso.
FAU - Henni, Samir
AU  - Henni S
AD  - Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Centre of Angers, Angers Cedex Angers, 
      France.
FAU - Hersant, Jeanne
AU  - Hersant J
AD  - Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Centre of Angers, Angers Cedex Angers, 
      France.
FAU - Ammi, Myriam
AU  - Ammi M
AD  - Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Centre of Angers, Angers, France.
FAU - Yameogo, Aime Arsane
AU  - Yameogo AA
AD  - Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina 
      Faso.
FAU - Ouedraogo, Nafi
AU  - Ouedraogo N
AD  - Physiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina 
      Faso.
FAU - Yameogo, Tene Marceline
AU  - Yameogo TM
AD  - Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou, Bobo Dioulasso, 
      Burkina Faso.
FAU - Abraham, Pierre
AU  - Abraham P
AD  - Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Centre of Angers, Angers Cedex Angers, 
      France; UMR CNRS 6214, INSERM 1083, Mitovasc Institute, Angers, France. Email: 
      piabraham@chu-angers.fr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190830
PL  - South Africa
TA  - Cardiovasc J Afr
JT  - Cardiovascular journal of Africa
JID - 101313864
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC8802349
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - exercise
OT  - illiteracy
OT  - quality of life
OT  - questionnaire
OT  - walking impairment
EDAT- 2019/08/31 06:00
MHDA- 2019/08/31 06:01
PMCR- 2019/11/01
CRDT- 2019/08/31 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/05/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/08/31 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/08/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/08/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.5830/CVJA-2019-032 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019 Nov-Dec 23;30(6):341-346. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2019-032. Epub 
      2019 Aug 30.