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. 2014 May 10;5(2):177–190. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i2.177

Table 5.

2007-2013 patient reported outcomes study results summary

Measure No. of studies N Baseline
Post-intervention
Change
P
Mean SD Mean SD Mean 95%CI
Quality of life
EORTC, 0-100
Exercise 2 296 74.05 13.36 79.95 7.71 +5.90 -101.64 0.379
Control 1 236 80.90 - 84.30 - 3.40 - -
FACT-G, 0-104
Exercise 4 165 78.98 3.30 85.88 4.22 6.90 -10.05 0.022
Control 4 178 79.74 6.89 79.63 10.88 -0.11 -21.22 0.976
FACT-B, 0-104
Exercise 5 99 103.92 6.75 110.32 4.25 6.40 -17.44 0.111
Control 5 82 108.76 5.72 106.53 9.98 -2.23 -22.82 0.616
SF-36 physical function, 0-100
Exercise 1 25 47.41 - 50.80 - 3.39 - -
Control 0 0 - - - - - - -
Fatigue1 piper, 0-10
Exercise 3 140 3.88 1.05 3.08 0.41 -0.80 -4.34 0.250
Control 2 45 3.78 0.17 3.91 0.35 0.13 -3.30 0.500
FSI, 1-10
Exercise 1 11 3.40 - 3.40 - 0.00 - -
Control 1 9 3.25 - 3.30 - 0.05 - -
FACIT-F
Exercise 4 373 37.85 2.95 39.58 5.87 1.73 -10.49 0.372
Control 4 351 40.11 4.07 40.08 3.73 -0.03 -6.12 0.975
Depression2 BDI, 0-63
Exercise 2 93 11.75 0.07 8.35 0.35 -3.40 0.86-5.94 0.037
Control 2 102 10.96 2.89 11.21 0.42 0.25 -44.48 0.910
R-Beck Inventory
Exercise 2 295 8.53 7.11 4.60 1.98 -3.93 -92.24 0.475
Control 2 271 7.15 5.15 6.67 5.18 -0.48 0.23-0.73 0.027
CES-D, 0-24
Exercise 1 71 12.80 - 9.70 - -3.10 - -
Control 1 73 13.90 - 10.80 - -3.10 - -
HADS, 0-21
Exercise 1 30 4.17 - 2.70 - -1.47 - -
Control 1 28 4.79 - 4.64 - -0.15 - -
1

Lower scores reflect lower fatigue;

2

Lower scores reflect lower depression. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; FACT-B: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast; SF-36: Short-Form-36; FSI: The Fatigue Symptom Inventory; FACIT-F: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; R-Beck Inventory: R-Beck Depression Inventory; CES-D: Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale (short-form); HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale.