TABLE 4.
Longitudinal change in cancer loneliness (CL) over 6 months of exercise and a 6 months follow-up period as a function of baseline loneliness within PC couples.
| Change over 6-month | Baseline cancer-related loneliness | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |
| Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | |
| Survivor | |||||
| 0–6 months a | 0.07 (−0.10, 0.23) | −0.09 (−0.21, 0.03) | −0.25 (−0.38, −0.11) | −0.40 (−0.59, −0.21) | −0.56 (−0.82, −0.29) |
| 6–12 months | −0.03 (−0.19, 0.13) | −0.01 (−0.13, 0.10) | 0.00 (−0.13, 0.13) | 0.01 (−0.17, 0.19) | 0.02 (−0.23, 0.28) |
| Spouse | |||||
| 0–6 months b | 0.28 (0.09, 0.47) | 0.07 (−0.07, 0.21) | −0.13 (−0.28, 0.01) | −0.34 (−0.54, −0.14) | −0.55 (−0.82, −0.27) |
| 6–12 months | −0.04 (−0.20, 0.13) | −0.02 (−0.14, 0.10) | 0.00 (‘-0.13, 0.12) | 0.01 (−0.16, 0.18) | 0.03 (−0.21, 0.27) |
a
Change in CL, for from 0–6 months changes significantly (p = 0.001) by −0.31 (−0.49, −0.14) for every 1-point increase in baseline CL.
b
Change in CL, for from 0–6 months changes significantly (p = 0.00004) by −0.42 (−0.61, −0.22) for every 1-point increase in baseline CL.