Table 2 Long-term effects of exercise on fatigue and physical activity among colon and breast cancer patients
From: Four-year effects of exercise on fatigue and physical activity in patients with cancer
Baseline | Baseline to 4 years post-intervention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Within-group differences | Between-group differences | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean [95% CI] | Mean [95% CI] | Effect size | ||
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) | ||||||
General fatigue | I | 10.24 | 4.92 | −0.41 [−1.52, 0.71] | −0.38 [−1.63, 0.86] | 0.08 |
UC | 10.67 | 4.80 | −0.63 [− 1.81, 0.56] | Reference | ||
Physical fatigue | I | 9.92 | 5.12 | −1.00 [−2.17, 0.18] | − 1.13 [−2.45, 0.20] | 0.22 |
UC | 10.54 | 5.01 | −0.55 [−1.79, 0.70] | Reference | ||
Mental fatigue | I | 9.77 | 5.33 | −0.23 [−1.40, 0.94] | − 0.30 [− 1.64, 1.05] | 0.06 |
UC | 9.96 | 5.20 | −0.24 [−1.48, 1.00] | Reference | ||
Reduced activity | I | 8.18 | 4.11 | −0.38 [−1.28, 0.53] | − 0.17 [− 1.23, 0.90] | 0.04 |
UC | 8.91 | 4.02 | −0.98 [−1.94, –0.02]* | Reference | ||
Reduced motivation | I | 8.36 | 5.51 | 0.72 [−0.41, 1.85] | −0.18 [− 1.15, 0.79] | 0.03 |
UC | 9.17 | 5.83 | 0.40 [−0.81, 1.61] | Reference | ||
Short Questionnaire of Assess Health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH) | ||||||
Total physical activity | I UC | 583.91 627.31 | 658.73 637.11 | 43.22 [− 102.13, 188.57] − 143.77 [− 298.43, 10.89] | 141.46 [1.31, 281.61]* Reference | 0.22 |
Sport and leisure physical activity | I UC | 220.08 227.34 | 269.27 259.91 | 85.18 [30.65, 139.72]* 54.67 [−3.75, 113.09] | 20.41 [−45.54, 86.36] Reference | 0.08 |