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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Lung Cancer. 2008 Feb 19;61(1):117–122. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.12.012

Table 3.

Stage of change for physical activity level and mean levels of symptom control among 272 lung cancer survivors

QOL domain Stage of change
Precontemplation (N = 65) Contemplation (N = 60) Preparation (N = 47) Maintenance (N = 100) Total (N = 272) p-Value
Frequency of pain 4.6 3.3 2.9 2.6 3.3 0.0005
Severity of pain 4.1 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.8 0.0001
Frequency of dry coughing 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.6 0.10
Frequency of coughing with phlegm 4.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.6 0.001
Shortness of breath 6.0 4.7 3.6 3.6 4.4 <0.0001
Level of fatigue 6.2 4.8 4.4 3.8 4.7 <0.0001

All endpoints are on a scale from 0 to 10 with 10 being the best possible score.