Interest of the six-minute walk test in the functional assessment of former pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL VENTILATION AND PULMONOLOGY - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 30
Abstract
Introduction. Pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) can provide many sequels often very disabling. The purpose of this work was to evaluate sub-maximal exercise tolerance in former bacteriologically confirmed, treated, and cured TB patients. Patients and methods. This was a cross-sectional study of data collected from treated and cured pulmonary TB patients in Lomé, Togo. The 6-minute walk test (TM6) was used for the sub-maximal exercise tolerance assessment and spirometry for the detection of ventilatory disorders (TV) Results. A total of 113 patients were included. The average age was 33.95 ± 10.3 years. Men accounted for 69.9% of the workforce. The average distance traveled at TM6 was 635.55 ± 89.38 meters with extremes of 441 and 849 meters. Fifteen percent of our patients had traveled less than normal. There was a statistically significant association between female gender (p = 0.005), diagnostic delay (p = 0.006) and abnormal distances traveled. In addition, 67.3% of patients had a spirometry TV dominated by the restrictive syndrome (81.58%). Compared with spirometry, TM6 was sensitive in 78.95% of cases and specific in 2.7%%. Conclusion. PT can significantly alter the respiratory function of patients. TM6 can be an instrument for the functional assessment of PT sequelae.
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Maïga Soumaïla
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- DOI 10.12699/jfvpulm.10.30.2019.28
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