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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2016 Mar 21;10(5):874–882. doi: 10.1007/s11764-016-0533-8

Table 2.

Study characteristics

Reference Design No. of
subjects
HRQOL
measure(s)
PA measure(s) Dietary measure(s) Smoking
measure(s)
Blanchard CM
 et al. (2008) [9]
Cross-sectional
 survey
586 RAND-36 Health Status
 Inventory
Godin Leisure-
 Time Exercise
 Questionnaire
Self-reported response
 to question, “How
 many days per week
 do you eat at least 5
 servings of fruits and
 vegetables a day?”
Self-reported yes/
 no question:
 “Do you
 currently smoke
 cigarettes on a
 regular basis?”
Porserud A et al.
 (2014) [10]
Randomized
 controlled trial
18 SF-36 6MWT, figure of
 eight, steps
 outside, 30-s
 chair stand test
NA NA
Karvinen KH et al.
 (2007) [11]
Cross-sectional
 survey
525 FACT-Bl Godin Leisure-
 Time Exercise
 Questionnaire
NA NA
Jensen BT et al.
 (2007) [12]
Randomized
 controlled trial
50 EORTC Quality of Life
 Questionnaire Core 30
 (QLQ-C30)
Exercise
 intervention
 including
 prehab and post-
 operative rehab
NA NA
Kowalkowski MA
 etal. (2014)
 [13]
Cross-sectional
 survey
109 EORTC Quality of Life
 Questionnaire Core 30
 (QLQ-C30), Bladder
 Cancer – Superficial –
 24 (BLS-24) and
 multiple psychosocial
 items.
NA NA Interview