ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2022
Six-minute walk test and its predictability in outcome of COVID-19 patients.
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- Comparing hemodynamic and cardiorespiratory responses during six-minute walk and step tests in mild acute COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Outcomes after specialized rehabilitation for patients with critical COVID-19 and prolonged intensive care unit stays.European clinical respiratory journal · 2026Article
- Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation Improves Mobility and Gait Performance: Evidence from TUG and 10MWT.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Distance travelled in the six-minute walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a predictor of mortality.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Association Between Barthel's Index Change and All-Cause Mortality Among COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients Aged Over 80 Years Old: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- The Impact of Comprehensive Rehabilitation on the Exercise Capacity of Patients after COVID-19.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2023Article
- The Cardiac Comeback-Beating Stronger: Exploring the Remarkable Resilience of the Heart in COVID-19 Recovery through Cardiac Autonomic Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Validation of the Barthel Index as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality among COVID-19 Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Study of Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life after SARS-CoV-2 Infection among the Elderly.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Global prevalence of polypharmacy among the COVID-19 patients: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe world is worsely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Increased mortality has been observed in older adults with multiple comorbidities. Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) at admission can help us to guide the requirement of oxygen during hospital stay that can be used to determine which patient can be managed at home. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was a prospective observational study conducted on COVID-19 patients admitted at AIIMS, New Delhi, from October to December 2020. Patients aged more than 60 years were included in the study and underwent 6-min walk tests. Polypharmacy and multimorbidity were also assessed along with dyspnea which was measured on BORG scale.
resultsThe mean age of the study population was 68.76 (7.4). Oxygen saturation prior to the 6-MWT was normal and has significantly higher than the post test (
conclusionSelf-reported dyspnea after 6MWT was found to be associated with oxygen requirement during hospital stay. Patients who have covered more distance in 6-min walk test have less oxygen requirement during hospital stay hence can be managed at home. This will reduce the health-care burden and will help to tackle the outburst during the ongoing pandemic.
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