Table 3.
Comparison within and between the Groups for 6-Minute Walk test, bBrief Fatigue Inventory and Fatigue
| Parameter | Groups | N | Mean + S.D. | Mean difference + S.D of difference | Change (%) | T-test p-value |
Kruskal Wallis test p value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6MWT | CT | Pre | 12 | 217.50 + 34.74 | 33.75 + 21.55 | 15.52 | 0 | |
| Post | 12 | 251.25 + 26.81 | ||||||
| RT | Pre | 16 | 211.88 + 31.51 | 39.69 + 25.46 | 18.73 | 0 | 0.784 | |
| Post | 16 | 251.56 + 36.64 | ||||||
| CRT | Pre | 17 | 196.47 + 42.01 | 32.06 + 16.49 | 16.32 | 0 | ||
| Post | 17 | 228.53 + 41.30 | ||||||
| Pre | 12 | 45.75 + 7.42 | 6.92 + 11.07 | |||||
| BFI | CT | Post | 12 | 38.83 + 4.82 | 15.12 | 0.045 | ||
| Pre | 16 | 47.00 + 8.12 | 12.38 + 7.28 | |||||
| RT | Post | 16 | 34.63 + 7.51 | 26.33 | 0 | 0.065 | ||
| Pre | 17 | 54.29 + 9.53 | 11.47 + 8.89 | |||||
| CRT | Post | 17 | 42.82 + 11.12 | 21.13 | 0 | |||
| Pre | 12 | 60.58 + 3.94 | 2.92 + 2.43 | |||||
| FACT-G | CT | Post | 12 | 57.67 + 4.64 | 4.81 | 0.002 | ||
| Pre | 16 | 62.00 + 3.22 | 6.06 + 3.13 | |||||
| RT | Post | 16 | 55.94 + 4.49 | 9.78 | 0 | |||
| Pre | 17 | 61.88 + 5.17 | 5.65 + 6.93 | 0.058 | ||||
| CRT | Post | 17 | 56.24 + 5.27 | 9.13 | 0.004 | |||
6MWT, 6-minute walk test, BFI, brief fatigue inventory, FACT-G, functional assessment of cancer therapy- general; CT, chemotherapy; RT, radiation therapy; CRT, chemoradiation therapy; S.D, standard deviation.