PMID- 37312980
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230615
IS  - 2590-1095 (Electronic)
IS  - 2590-1095 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 2
DP  - 2023 Jun
TI  - An Initial Assessment of the Decline With Age for the 6-minute Walk Test (6MWT) 
      in Chinese Older Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
PG  - 100262
LID - 10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100262 [doi]
LID - 100262
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To establish an initial assessment of the decline with age for the 
      6-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
      (COPD) in Chinese older adults. DESIGN: It was an observational analytical study. 
      SETTING: The study was conducted in a local acute hospital. PARTICIPANTS: From 
      January 2017 to January 2021, a total of 525 patients (431 men, 94 women; mean 
      age 73.4+/-7.9; N=525) with COPD were studied. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Information 
      including sex, age, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 
      stages, and 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) were collected. RESULTS: The 6MWD was 
      significantly decreased with increased age (P<0.05). Mean 6MWD in the 61-65 
      years, 66-70 years, 71-75 years, 76-80 years, 81-85 years, and 86 years or above 
      age groups were 301 m, 305 m, 274 m, 257 m, 260 m, and 215 m, respectively. The 
      difference between the youngest and oldest age groups was 29%. The 6MWD was 
      significantly lower in patients with more severe COPD (P<0.05). The distance 
      decreased from 317 m in GOLD 1, 306 m in GOLD 2, 259 m in GOLD 3 to 167 m in GOLD 
      4. The percentage dropped in 6MWD from GOLD 1 to GOLD 4 was 47%. CONCLUSION: An 
      initial assessment of the decline with age for 6MWT in Chinese older adults with 
      COPD has been established. 6MWD decreases as age (in groups 66-75, 81-85, and 86 
      or above) and COPD severity increases, primarily because of the increased 
      severity of dyspnea, decline in exercise capacity, and muscle changes in aging. 
      Health care professionals in Chinese community can use these values to evaluate 
      these patients' functional capacity, assess treatment effect, and set treatment 
      goals.
CI  - (c) 2023 The Authors.
FAU - Choi, Tiffany Ching Man
AU  - Choi TCM
AD  - School of Health Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Tseung Kwan O, 
      Hong Kong, China.
FAU - Tsang, Hin Cheung
AU  - Tsang HC
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - Lui, Sweetie R
AU  - Lui SR
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - Yam, Tsz Fung
AU  - Yam TF
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - Lee, Yuen Shan
AU  - Lee YS
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - To, Yuk Ling
AU  - To YL
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, 
      China.
FAU - Choo, Kah Lin
AU  - Choo KL
AD  - Department of Medicine, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230226
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl
JT  - Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation
JID - 101763542
PMC - PMC10258361
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chronic obstructive
OT  - Pulmonary disease
OT  - Rehabilitation
OT  - walk Test
EDAT- 2023/06/14 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/14 06:43
PMCR- 2023/02/26
CRDT- 2023/06/14 03:50
PHST- 2023/06/14 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/14 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/14 03:50 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/02/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2590-1095(23)00009-5 [pii]
AID - 100262 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100262 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl. 2023 Feb 26;5(2):100262. doi: 
      10.1016/j.arrct.2023.100262. eCollection 2023 Jun.