NCT04898296

Exploration of Possible Reasons for the Discrepancy Between Expectation and Indication of Subjective Perceived Exertions

Exploration of Possible Reasons for the Discrepancy Between Expectation and Indication of Subjective Perceived Exertions of Patients Over 55 Years of Age With Coronary Heart Disease in 6-min Walking Test in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Klinik Barmelweid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The 6-minute walk test is a test of physical performance in physiotherapy with lungs and heart patients (Pollentier 2010). However, only 8 and 11% of patients in everyday test situations report a score of 7 or higher on a scale of 0-10 for effort (Jehn 2009). This study is intended to explore, based on grounded theory, why the majority of patients do not assess themselves according to the almost maximum performance.

Conditions

• Coronary Disease
• Exercise Test
• Physical Exertion
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Physical Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire, Interview	During the stay, a study visit is arranged with the patient after the 6-minute walk test has been performed. This consists of filling out the questionnaire and an interview, which lasts about 45-60 minutes. This is carried out by the investigator on at least 5 subjects. After each interview, a list of influencing factors is kept. If new aspects continue to appear in the 5th interview, the interviews are continued (up to a maximum of the 10th subject). If no new aspects appear in the interviews from number 6 onwards, the interviews are discontinued and no further patients are recruited. The conversations are recorded with an audio recording.
OTHER	Focus Group	The focus group is carried out first in order to identify influencing variables that may be relevant for the interview (duration 60-90 minutes).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-08-14
• Completion: 2022-08-14
• First posted: 2021-05-24
• Last updated: 2022-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland