Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Objective:The 6-minute walk distance(6MWD)is a common measure of functional exercise capacity in clinical populations, particularly in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. While some literature has documented the minimal clinically important difference(MCID)of the 6MWD in the Caucasian popula...

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Main Authors: Meredith T LYEUNG, Alan W P WONG, Katherine S L HUANG, Alice Y M JONES
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Language:English
Published: Editorial Office of Rehabilitation Medicine 2015-06-01
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Online Access:http://kfxb.publish.founderss.cn/thesisDetails#10.13261/j.issn.2096-0328.2015.01.006
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author Meredith T LYEUNG
Alan W P WONG
Katherine S L HUANG
Alice Y M JONES
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Katherine S L HUANG
Alice Y M JONES
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description Objective:The 6-minute walk distance(6MWD)is a common measure of functional exercise capacity in clinical populations, particularly in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. While some literature has documented the minimal clinically important difference(MCID)of the 6MWD in the Caucasian population, information on the Asian population is scanty. This study aimed to establish the MCID of the 6MWD in Asian adults with chronic respiratory diseases(CRDs).Methods:Data from the“Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme Registry, Singapore General Hospital”were analysed. Both the“anchor-based”and“distribution-based”methods were used to estimate the MCID of the 6MWD. Fifty participants(38 males and 12 females)with a mean age of 64.2 years(SD 12.3)diagnosed with CRDs involved in the“anchor-based”method for determination of MCID of 6MWD. These participants were interviewed by telephone and rated their perceived change of improvement after pulmonary rehabilitation program using the Global Rating of Change(GROC)scale;the change in 6MWD before and after the program in these patients were compared with their perceived improvement and such relation is illustrated by the receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC). To determine the MCID of 6MWD by the“distribution-based”method, medical records of participants from the outpatient and inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program(PRP)were retrieved from 136 patients(103 males and 33 females), mean age of 60.1 years(SD 14.1).Results:This study showed that the ROC curve indicated an optimal cut-off value for clinically significant change in the 6MWD was 17.4 metres. This corresponded to a sensitivity of 79.4%, and specificity of 81.3%, positive likelihood ratio is 4.23. The MCID of 6MWD determined by the distribution-based estimation was 18.6 metres.Conclusion:The more conservative value of 18.6 metres is considered to be the appropriate MCID estimate for 6MWD for Chinese people with CRDs in Singapore.
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spelling doaj-art-08c01a42f85f45d0a1686c2bd23361ed2025-01-14T10:07:08ZengEditorial Office of Rehabilitation Medicine康复学报2096-03282015-06-0125263323094067Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory DiseasesMeredith T LYEUNGAlan W P WONGKatherine S L HUANGAlice Y M JONESObjective:The 6-minute walk distance(6MWD)is a common measure of functional exercise capacity in clinical populations, particularly in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. While some literature has documented the minimal clinically important difference(MCID)of the 6MWD in the Caucasian population, information on the Asian population is scanty. This study aimed to establish the MCID of the 6MWD in Asian adults with chronic respiratory diseases(CRDs).Methods:Data from the“Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme Registry, Singapore General Hospital”were analysed. Both the“anchor-based”and“distribution-based”methods were used to estimate the MCID of the 6MWD. Fifty participants(38 males and 12 females)with a mean age of 64.2 years(SD 12.3)diagnosed with CRDs involved in the“anchor-based”method for determination of MCID of 6MWD. These participants were interviewed by telephone and rated their perceived change of improvement after pulmonary rehabilitation program using the Global Rating of Change(GROC)scale;the change in 6MWD before and after the program in these patients were compared with their perceived improvement and such relation is illustrated by the receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC). To determine the MCID of 6MWD by the“distribution-based”method, medical records of participants from the outpatient and inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program(PRP)were retrieved from 136 patients(103 males and 33 females), mean age of 60.1 years(SD 14.1).Results:This study showed that the ROC curve indicated an optimal cut-off value for clinically significant change in the 6MWD was 17.4 metres. This corresponded to a sensitivity of 79.4%, and specificity of 81.3%, positive likelihood ratio is 4.23. The MCID of 6MWD determined by the distribution-based estimation was 18.6 metres.Conclusion:The more conservative value of 18.6 metres is considered to be the appropriate MCID estimate for 6MWD for Chinese people with CRDs in Singapore.http://kfxb.publish.founderss.cn/thesisDetails#10.13261/j.issn.2096-0328.2015.01.006pulmonary rehabilitation6-minute walk distanceminimal clinically important difference
spellingShingle Meredith T LYEUNG
Alan W P WONG
Katherine S L HUANG
Alice Y M JONES
Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
康复学报
pulmonary rehabilitation
6-minute walk distance
minimal clinically important difference
title Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
title_full Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
title_fullStr Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
title_short Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Singaporean Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases
title_sort minimal clinically important difference for 6 minute walk distance in singaporean adults with chronic respiratory diseases
topic pulmonary rehabilitation
6-minute walk distance
minimal clinically important difference
url http://kfxb.publish.founderss.cn/thesisDetails#10.13261/j.issn.2096-0328.2015.01.006
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