| Before PR | After PR | p-value |
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6MWT distance (m) | 435 [356–461] | 433 [365–450] | NS |
6MST steps (nb) | 455 [305–574] | 493 [339–609] | 0.02 |
TUG time (s) | 9 [8–13] | 8.5 [7–10] | 0.054 |
10CS time (s) | 27 [24–51] | 25 [20–33] | 0.04 |
VSRQ total score | 46 [37–57] | 53 [39–62] | 0.06 |
HAD total score | 11 [8–17] | 10 [7–17] | 0.054 |
 Anxiety score | 7 [5–10] | 6 [3–8] | 0.03 |
 Depression score | 4 [3–9] | 5 [2–9] | NS |
- Exercise capacities, quality of life and psychological characteristics before and after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) from the 47 patients who completed the pulmonary rehabilitation program were compared. 6MWT: 6-min walk test distance [10], 6MST steps: number of steps in the 6-min stepper test [11], TUG: timed Up and Go test [12], 10CS: ten chair stands [13], VSRQ: visual simplified respiratory questionnaire global score ranging from 80 (best health status) to 0 (poorest health status) [15], HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale ranging from 0 (best psychological status) to 42 (worse psychological status) [17], NS: not significant. Results are given as medians with interquartile ranges. Comparisons were performed by a Wilcoxon test for paired data. Differences were considered to be statistically significant when p ≤ 0.05 (p < 0.1 are detailed)