FAST Walk Study

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• The FAST Walk study is an international multicentre prospective cohort study enrolling 1,672 adults undergoing major elective non-cardiac surgery at 19 hospitals across five countries. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• FAST Walk recruitment commenced in June 2024, with follow-up completion expected in 2026 and primary results anticipated in 2027. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• Two individuals with lived experience as surgical patients or caregivers serve as full steering committee members and contributed to background research, protocol review, and grant application. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• Endovascular surgery and lower-limb orthopaedic surgery are excluded from FAST Walk due to limited tissue trauma and walk-confounding musculoskeletal limitations respectively. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• The 90-day secondary outcome of new significant disability requires a WHODAS 2.0 score ≥25% that also represents a ≥5% absolute increase from baseline. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• The study is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Physician Services Incorporated Foundation, and the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery
• A difference of approximately 3 days in DAOH30 is considered the minimum clinically important difference for that endpoint. — Functional Assessment for Surgery by a Timed Walk (FAST Walk) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study of the 6 min walk test for preoperative risk stratification in major non-cardiac surgery