Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Prognostic value of Borg scale following 6-min walk test in hospitalized older patients with heart failure
Authors' conclusion
In hospitalized patients with HF, post-6MWT Borg scores were associated with 2-year mortality independent of the 6MWD, providing incremental prognostic value to the 6MWD.
Study context
- Population
- Patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) who underwent the 6MWT before dischargeanalysed
- Participants
- 1,185 patients
- Exposure
- High vs low post-6MWT Borg score
- Outcome
- Mortality
- Follow-up
- 2 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
2-year mortality
Overall 2-year mortality rate
20.2%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Borg score
- Median Borg score
- 12
6MWD
- 6MWD significantly shorter in high vs low Borg score
Net reclassification improvement
- Borg scale gave significant NRI over conventional risk model incl. 6MWD
Original publication
Prognostic value of Borg scale following 6-min walk test in hospitalized older patients with heart failure. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 5 September 2024. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it