Assessment of a self-administered adapted 6-minute walk test.
OBJECTIVE
This study assessed the reliability and viability of the Home-Heart-Walk (HHW) test, adapting a standardized 6-minute walk test protocol for self-administration.


METHODS
Twenty-nine volunteers with documented coronary heart disease (CHD) undertook a structured 7-day program using the HHW.


RESULTS
The intervention was well received by participants. The intraclass correlation coefficient of the test distance over 7 days was 0.98, and the correlations between investigator and participant measures were high (r = 0.99 for day 1 [first test], r = 0.99 for day 1 [second test], and r = 0.99 on day 7).


CONCLUSIONS
These data demonstrate the potential of the HHW as a tool to promote and monitor physical activity in community-based settings. These observations require further investigation and testing in other populations.
Du
HuiYun
H
Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. h.du@curtin.edu.au
Davidson
Patricia M
PM
Everett
Bronwyn
B
Salamonson
Yenna
Y
Zecchin
Robert
R
Rolley
John Xavier
JX
Newton
Phillip J
PJ
Macdonald
Peter S
PS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*