Table 2.
Preliminary effects of a walking program plus resistance exercise on sedentary activity, minutes of physical activity, and fatigue in breast cancer survivors post-primary treatment (participants with complete data, n = 42)
| Month 0 | Month 3 | Change over time | Between group difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Group | Mean | (SDa) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Effect Size | ||
| Weekly minutes sedentary behavior | Intervention | 7208.3 | (866.9) | 7141.4 | (536.2) | −84.4 | (788.2) | |||||
| Control | 7577.0 | (620.7) | 7549.2 | (628.4) | −55.2 | (435.3) | −29.2 | (619.5) | −0.05 | |||
| Weekly minutes ≥ moderate intensity physical activity | Intervention | 181 | (152) | 294 | (175) | 114 | *** | (109) | ||||
| Control | 148 | (79) | 154 | (75) | 10 | (70) | 103 | 89) | 1.15 | *** | ||
| Fatigue intensity | Intervention | 3.6 | (1.5) | 4.1 | (2.1) | 0.4 | (1.9) | |||||
| Control | 4.2 | (2.1) | 4.0 | (1.8) | −0.1 | (1.9) | 0.6 | (1.9) | 0.30 | |||
| Fatigue interference | Intervention | 2.2 | (1.4) | 1.8 | (0.8) | −0.4 | * | (1.1) | ||||
| Control | 2.5 | (1.7) | 2.6 | (1.9) | 0.1 | (1.8) | −0.6 | (1.5) | −0.38 | |||
| PROMIS® fatigue | Intervention | 51.1 | (5.3) | 47.6 | (5.4) | −3.8 | *** | (4.1) | ||||
| Control | 52.7 | (8.1) | 51.6 | (6.9) | −1.1 | (6.4) | −2.7 | (5.4) | −0.49 | |||
a
SD= standard deviation
*
p<.10 (trend only)
**p<.05
***
p<.01