Accompanied versus unaccompanied walking for continuous oxygen saturation measurement during 6-min walk test in COPD: a randomised crossover study.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to determine if there is a difference in 6-min walk test (6MWT) distance when the assessor accompanies the patient to continuously measure peripheral oxygen saturation (S _pO2 ) compared to the patient walking unaccompanied.  We conducted a randomised crossover study to evaluate the impact of the assessor walking with the patient during the 6MWT (6MWT_with) versus the patient walking alone (6MWT_without). At the end of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, each patient performed two 6MWTs in random order and separated by a 30-min rest.  49 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease classification II-IV) were included. In a regression model adjusti

SUBMITTER: Riegler TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326679 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature