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Chapter 3
Almost half (48%) of the patients used oxygen supplementation during 6MWD
testing at T0, 3 (3%) used oxygen supplementation at T1, and none used oxygen
supplementation at T2 and T3. At T0 (screening, n=65), 59% of the patients received
physical therapist intervention in the home situation; this number increased to 87% at T2
(6 months, n=102) and decreased slightly to 77% at T3 (12 months, n=87).
e
longitudinal data for potential predictors and 6MWD are shown in Table 1.
e
longitudinal change in 6MWD (in meters) for each diagnosis category is shown in Figure
2.
Figure 2.
Means and standard deviations of 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) for each primary diagnosis
category over time. Horizontal line indicates predicted 6MWD. =chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
group, =pulmonary vascular disease group, =cystic

brosis group, =pulmonary

brosis group. T0=screening,
T1=day of discharge or days preceding discharge, T2=6 months after lung transplantation, T3=12 months
after lung transplantation.

Sixty-one of the 158 patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria received a
transplantation; 44 (72.1%) received double LTx.
e patients who received a transplantation but were excluded did not di

e mean age of these 61 patients was
48.4 years (SD=13.9), 28 (45.9%) were men, and the distributions over diagnosis categories
were as follows: 34 (55.7%) in the COPD group, 4 (6.6%) in the pulmonary vascular
disease group, 14 (23.0%) in the CF group, and 9 (14.8%) in the pulmonary

brosis group.
er signi

cantly
from the included recipients.

e remaining 97 patients were deceased (without receiving a
transplantation; n=34) or were still on the waiting list at the time of the analyses (n=63).
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