Table 4.
Associations between Resistance Exercise Behaviour and Patient-Reported Outcomes at 12-Month Follow-Up
| Mean (SD) |
Group difference in mean change (95% CI), p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Post- intervention |
12-mo follow-up |
Change | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | MID |
| SPADI, % | ||||||
| NRE | 17.9 (19.6) | 18.3 (24.0) | +0.3 (12.7) | −2.5 (−12.8 to 7.8), 0.62 | −1.0 (−12.6 to 10.6), 0.85 | 10% absolute change13,14 |
| RET | 11.8 (10.9) | 9.6 (13.5) | −2.2 (17.2) | |||
| NDII, % | ||||||
| NRE | 66.5 (24.2) | 68.6 (25.5) | +2.1 (17.6) | +12.7 (0.2–25.1), 0.047 | +13.3 (2.2–24.5), 0.021 | Not established |
| RET | 68.8 (17.1) | 83.6 (15.6) | +14.8 (15.6) | |||
| FACT-An, 0–188 | ||||||
| NRE | 141.0 (25) | 138.5 (27.8) | −2.5 (21.5) | +6.3 (−8.9 to 21.4), 0.41 | +19.5 (2.4–36.7), 0.027 | 6 points17 |
| RET | 157.1 (20.9) | 160.8 (19.5) | +3.7 (18.6) | |||
| FACT-G, 0–108 | ||||||
| NRE | 81.8 (15.0) | 79.5 (13.8) | −2.3 (10.9) | +2.0 (−5.6 to 9.7), 0.59 | +10.1 (2.5–17.7), 0.011 | 4 points16,17 |
| RET | 91.2 (13.0) | 90.9 (8.4) | −0.3 (9.0) | |||
| FACT-Fatigue, 0–52 | ||||||
| NRE | 36.9 (7.9) | 37.4 (10.4) | +0.5 (9.0) | +2.8 (−3.6 to 9.2), 0.38 | +7.1 (−0.2 to 14.4), 0.055 | 3 points16,20 |
| RET | 41.2 (6.7) | 44.5 (9.4) | +3.3 (8.3) | |||
*
Adjusted for post-intervention value, age, gender, cancer stage, time since surgery, neck dissection type, and pain medication use.
MID=minimal important difference; SPADI=Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; NRE=not continuing resistance exercise; RET=resistance exercise training; NDII=Neck Dissection Impairment Index; FACT-An=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Anemia Scale; FACT-G=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—General Scale; FACT-Fatigue=Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Fatigue subscale.