Using the 6-minute walk test to predict disability-free survival after major surgery

MA Shulman; BH Cuthbertson; DN Wijeysundera; RM Pearse; B Thompson; E Torres; A Ambosta; S Wallace; C Farrington; PS Myles; M Ellis; B Borg; RK Kerridge; J Douglas; J Brannan; J Pretto; MG Godsall; N Beauchamp; S Allen; A Kennedy; E Wright; J Malherbe; H Ismail; B Riedel; A Melville; H Sivakumar; A Murmane; K Kenchington; U Gurunathan; C Stonell; K Brunello; K Steele; O Tronstad; P Masel; A Dent; E Smith; A Bodger; M Abolfathi; P Sivalingam; A Hall; T Painter; S Macklin; A Elliott; AM Carrera; NCS Terblanche; S Pitt; J Samuels; C Wilde; A MacCormick; K Leslie; D Bramley; AM Southcott; J Grant; H Taylor; S Bates; M Towns; A Tippett; F Marshall; CJL McCartney; S Choi; P Somascanthan; K Flores; WS Beattie; K Karkouti; HA Clarke; A Jerath; SA McCluskey; M Wasowicz; JT Granton; L Day; J Pazmino-Canizares; K Hagen; D Campbell; T Short; J Van Der Westhuizen; K Higgie; H Lindsay; R Jang; C Wong; D Mcallister; M Ali; J Kumar; E Waymouth; C Kim; J Dimech; M Lorimer; J Tai; R Miller; R Sara; A Collingwood; S Olliff; S Gabriel; H Houston; P Dalley; S Hurford; A Hunt; L Andrews; L Navarra; A Jason-Smith; N McMillan

Journal article

Using the 6-minute walk test to predict disability-free survival after major surgery

MA Shulman, BH Cuthbertson, DN Wijeysundera, RM Pearse, B Thompson, E Torres, A Ambosta, S Wallace, C Farrington, PS Myles, M Ellis, B Borg, RK Kerridge, J Douglas, J Brannan, J Pretto, MG Godsall, N Beauchamp, S Allen, A Kennedy Show all

British Journal of Anaesthesia | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.016

Abstract

Background: The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is a common means of functional assessment. Its relationship to disability-free survival (DFS) is uncertain. Methods: This sub-study of the Measurement of Exercise Tolerance for Surgery study had co-primary outcome measures: correlation of the preoperative 6MWT distance with 30 day quality of recovery (15-item quality of recovery) and 12 month WHO Disability Assessment Schedule scores. The prognostic utility of the 6MWT and other risk assessment tools for 12 month DFS was assessed with logistic regression and receiver-operating-characteristic-curve analysis. Results: Of 574 patients recruited, 567 (99%) completed the 6MWT. Twelve months after surgery, 1..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Bruce R. Thompson Author

Hilmy Ismail Author

Kate Leslie Author

Grants

Awarded by Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Funding Acknowledgements

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating Grant Application Number 258245); Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Grant-in-Aid G-13-0001598); Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science; Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ID 14/002).