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Acceptability of the treadmill six-minute walk test in Pacific peoples

Year:
2018
Duration:
3 months
Approved budget:
$5,000.00
Researchers:
Miss Louise Jansen
Health issue:
Wellbeing (autonomy self-determination)
Proposal type:
Pacific Health Summer Studentship
Lay summary
The traditional hallway six-minute walk test has been used successfully as a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness in Maori and Pacific peoples with multi-morbidity. However, exercise interventions are more commonly run in community settings where long hallways do not exist which suggest the need for an alternative outcome measure. Previously, the treadmill six-minute walk test have been trialled and validated in people with other health impairments such as following a cardio-thoracic surgery. While this may be a useful measurement tool in a community setting, the acceptability and the validity of the treadmill six-minute walk test in Maori and Pacific peoples is not yet known.