Table 2.
QOL sub-scales by physical activity quartile during active breast cancer treatment [Mean (SD)]
| Overall sample | Moderate–vigorous activity
|
P valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartiles of MET-hours/week
| ||||||
| 1 N (%) (<7.8) | 2 N (%) (7.8 to <20.2) | 3 N (%) (20.2 to <39.7) | 4 N (%) (≥39.7) | |||
| Physical well being | 22.1 (5.8) | 21.6 (6.1) | 22.1 (5.6) | 22.4 (5.6) | 22.3 (5.8) | 0.006 |
| Social well being | 24.4 (4.0) | 23.9 (4.5) | 24.7 (3.8) | 24.4 (3.8) | 24.8 (3.9) | 0.003 |
| Emotional well being | 19.1 (4.1) | 18.8 (4.8) | 19.3 (3.7) | 19.1 (4.1) | 19.2 (4.0) | 0.371 |
| Functional well being | 20.6 (5.5) | 19.8 (6.1) | 20.5 (5.3) | 20.9 (5.2) | 21.4 (5.3) | <0.0001 |
| Breast cancer well being | 25.6 (5.8) | 25.1 (5.8) | 25.4 (5.8) | 25.8 (5.6) | 26.1 (5.8) | 0.004 |
| General well being | 86.3 (14.6) | 84.2 (16.2) | 86.8 (13.4) | 86.8 (14.4) | 87.7 (14.2) | <0.0001 |
| Overall QOL score | 111.8 (18.8) | 109.2 (20.3) | 112.0 (17.8) | 112.5 (18.6) | 113.7 (18.4) | <0.0001 |
a
P values from 1-way ANOVAs