The Six-Minute Walking Test for Measuring Vital Lung Capacity and Vo2 Max in Teenagers in the Nursing Anesthesiology Department

Technological advances are making activities easier. The convenience gained hurts daily life, such as laziness in exercise and reluctance to gather and communicate actively, especially among teenagers. The prolonged use of gadgets in daily life results in decreased physical activity and fitness. Physical fitness is essential in improving cardiovascular health, including heart and blood vessel endurance and vital lung capacity. With good lung vital capacity, a person can perform respiratory ventilation properly to maintain good physical condition and fitness. Maximum oxygen volume (VO2 max) can be used to assess a person's cardiorespiratory endurance. The volume capacity in a person's body reflects how quickly the body experiences fatigue after physical activity. This study aimed to determine the vital capacity of the lungs and VO2 max value with a 6-minute walk test. The method used was a pre-experiment using total sampling, namely 118 student respondents. The results showed that the relationship between the distance of the 6-minute walk test and vital lung capacity was indicated by a p-value of 0.000 (P<0.05), and the relationship between the distance of the 6-minute walk test and VO2 max was marked by a p-value of 0.000 (P<0.05). This study concludes that there is a relationship between the 6-minute walk test and vital lung capacity and VO2 max.