Du Huiyun, Newton Phillip J, Salamonson Yenna, Carrieri-Kohlman Virginia L, Davidson Patricia M
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney Campus, Australia.
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2009 Mar;8(1):2-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2008.07.001. Epub 2008 Aug 9.
Promoting self-management and monitoring physical activity are important strategies in chronic heart disease (CHD) management. The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a commonly used sub-maximal exercise test for measuring physical functional capacity.
The aim of this paper is to review the current literature on 6MWT relating to methodological issues as well as exploring the potential of the protocol to be adopted as a self-administered exercise test.
The Medline, CINAHL, Science Direct and the World Wide Web using the search engine Google, were searched for articles describing the administration, reliability and validity of the 6MWT. Findings of the integrative literature review The 6MWT is a simple, safe and inexpensive sub-maximal exercise test. The 6MWT distance is strongly associated with functional capacity, and it is a useful prognostic tool. To date, the capacity for self-administration of the 6MWT has not been investigated.
Adapting the 6MWT as a patient-reported outcome measure may enhance the capacity, not only for clinicians to monitor functional status, but also promote self-management by enabling individuals to monitor changes in their functional capacity.
促进自我管理和监测身体活动是慢性心脏病（CHD）管理中的重要策略。六分钟步行试验（6MWT）是一种常用的次极量运动试验，用于测量身体功能能力。
本文旨在回顾当前关于6MWT的文献，涉及方法学问题，并探讨该方案作为自我管理运动试验被采用的潜力。
通过使用搜索引擎谷歌对Medline、CINAHL、科学Direct和万维网进行搜索，以查找描述6MWT的实施、可靠性和有效性的文章。综合文献综述的结果6MWT是一种简单、安全且廉价的次极量运动试验。6MWT距离与功能能力密切相关，是一种有用的预后工具。迄今为止，尚未对6MWT的自我实施能力进行研究。
将6MWT作为患者报告的结局指标进行调整，不仅可以提高临床医生监测功能状态的能力，还可以通过使个体能够监测其功能能力的变化来促进自我管理。
