Table 5.
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 | - | - |
Lower scores reflect lower fatigue;
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.