Tele-Assessment of Functional Capacity through the Six-Minute
Walk Test in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Validity
and Reliability of Repeated Measurements

J 2023

Tele-Assessment of Functional Capacity through the Six-Minute Walk Test in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Validity and Reliability of Repeated Measurements

PEPERA, Garyfallia, Evmorfia KARANASIOU, Christina BLIOUMPA, Varsamo ANTONIOU, Konstantinos KALATZIS et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Tele-Assessment of Functional Capacity through the Six-Minute Walk Test in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Validity and Reliability of Repeated Measurements

Authors

PEPERA, Garyfallia, Evmorfia KARANASIOU, Christina BLIOUMPA, Varsamo ANTONIOU, Konstantinos KALATZIS, Leonidas LANARAS and Ladislav BAŤALÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Sensors, Basel, MDPI, 2023, 1424-8220

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.900 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130467

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23031354

UT WoS

000930074800001

Keywords in English

tele-assessment; remote assessment; telehealth assessment; functional capacity; diabetes mellitus; six-minute walk test

Abstract

V originále

A tele-assessed 6MWT (TL 6MWT) could be an alternative method of evaluating functional capacity in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of a TL 6MWT. The functional capacity of 28 patients with DM2 (75% men) aged 61 +/- 13 years was evaluated twice via an indoor, center-based 6MWT (CB 6MWT) and twice outside each patient's home via a web-based platform TL 6MWT. The study showed a high statistically significant correlation between the CB and TL 6MWT (Pearson's r = 0.76, p < 0.001). Reliability testing showed no statistically significant differences in the distance covered (CB1: 492 +/- 84 m and CB2: 506 +/- 86 m versus TL1: 534 +/- 87 m and TL2: 542 +/- 93 m, respectively) and in the best distance of the TL 6MWT (545 +/- 93 m) compared to the best CB distance (521 +/- 83 m). Strong internal reliability for both the CB (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.93) and the TL 6MWT (ICC = 0.98) was found. The results indicate that a TL 6MWT performed outdoors can be a highly valid and reliable tool to assess functional capacity in patients with DM2. No learning effect between the TL and CB assessment was found, minimizing the need for repetition.

Citovat

PEPERA, Garyfallia, Evmorfia KARANASIOU, Christina BLIOUMPA, Varsamo ANTONIOU, Konstantinos KALATZIS, Leonidas LANARAS and Ladislav BAŤALÍK. Tele-Assessment of Functional Capacity through the Six-Minute Walk Test in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Validity and Reliability of Repeated Measurements. Sensors. Basel: MDPI, 2023, vol. 23, No 3, p. 1-12. ISSN 1424-8220. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23031354.

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N2  - A tele-assessed 6MWT (TL 6MWT) could be an alternative method of evaluating functional capacity in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of a TL 6MWT. The functional capacity of 28 patients with DM2 (75% men) aged 61 +/- 13 years was evaluated twice via an indoor, center-based 6MWT (CB 6MWT) and twice outside each patient's home via a web-based platform TL 6MWT. The study showed a high statistically significant correlation between the CB and TL 6MWT (Pearson's r = 0.76, p < 0.001). Reliability testing showed no statistically significant differences in the distance covered (CB1: 492 +/- 84 m and CB2: 506 +/- 86 m versus TL1: 534 +/- 87 m and TL2: 542 +/- 93 m, respectively) and in the best distance of the TL 6MWT (545 +/- 93 m) compared to the best CB distance (521 +/- 83 m). Strong internal reliability for both the CB (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.93) and the TL 6MWT (ICC = 0.98) was found. The results indicate that a TL 6MWT performed outdoors can be a highly valid and reliable tool to assess functional capacity in patients with DM2. No learning effect between the TL and CB assessment was found, minimizing the need for repetition.
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PEPERA, Garyfallia, Evmorfia KARANASIOU, Christina BLIOUMPA, Varsamo ANTONIOU, Konstantinos KALATZIS, Leonidas LANARAS and Ladislav BAŤALÍK. Tele-Assessment of Functional Capacity through the Six-Minute Walk Test in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: Validity and Reliability of Repeated Measurements. \textit{Sensors}. Basel: MDPI, 2023, vol.~23, No~3, p.~1-12. ISSN~1424-8220. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23031354.

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