Table 2.
Exercise and Quality of life characteristics of the participants
| Variables | Total (N=162) | Control (N=59) | Oncologists’ exercise recommendation (N=53) | Oncologists’ exercise recommendation with motivation package (N=50) | p-value | |
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| Exercise (minutes/week) | Strenuous intensity exercise | 2.04(−.29 to 4.36) | 3.56(−1.49 to 8.61) | 2.26(−2.28 to 6.81) | .00(.00 to .00) | .429 |
| Moderate intensity exercise | 6.16(2.04 to 10.27) | .00(.00 to .00) | 8.63(−.12 to 17.39) | 10.80(1.09 to 20.51) | .058 | |
| Mild intensity exercise | 236.00(203.20 to 267.80) | 251.00(191.34 to 310.66) | 274.90(213.11 to 336.70) | 177.05(131.22 to 222.88) | .085 | |
| Total physical exercise | 244.19(211.59 to 276.79) | 254.56(194.94 to 314.18) | 285.80(225.48 to 346.12) | 187.85(141.09 to 234.61) | .078 | |
| MET-hour/week | 12.62(10.95 to 14.28) | 13.08(10.04 to 16.12) | 14.08(11.75 to 17.86) | 9.75(7.33 to 12.17) | .089 | |
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| Quality of life | Global health status/QoL* | 66.41(63.43 to 69.38) | 64.69(59.46 to 69.92) | 66.98(61.61 to 72.35) | 67.83(62.72 to 72.94) | .712 |
| Physical functioning | 77.82(75.34 to 80.29) | 76.16(72.02 to 80.29) | 80.50(76.20 to 84.81) | 76.93(72.29 to 81.58) | .207 | |
| Role functioning | 82.41(78.79 to 86.02) | 83.05(77.38 to 88.72) | 85.85(79.45 to 92.24) | 78.00(70.94 to 85.06) | .075 | |
| Emotional Functioning | 77.47(74.60 to 80.33) | 76.98(72.22 to 81.74) | 78.30(73.34 to 83.26) | 77.17(71.63 to 82.70) | .958 | |
| Cognitive functioning | 79.22(76.42 to 82.01) | 80.79(76.61 to 84.97) | 78.30(72.78 to 83.82) | 78.33(73.16 to 83.51) | .853 | |
| Social functioning | 86.01(82.66 to 89.35) | 82.48(76.93 to 88.04) | 88.68(83.21 to 94.14) | 87.33(80.66 to 94.00) | .123 | |
| Fatigue | 33.61(30.35 to 36.87) | 36.72(30.42 to 43.02) | 28.30(23.26 to 33.38) | 35.55(30.18 to 40.93) | .098 | |
| Nausea and vomiting | 4.63(3.07 to 6.19) | 6.21(3.55 to 8.88) | 2.51(.06 to 4.96) | 5.00(1.94 to 8.06) | .031 | |
| Pain | 22.74(19.13 to 26.34) | 23.73(17.68 to 29.77) | 22.33(15.41 to 29.24) | 22.00(15.84 to 28.16) | .857 | |
| Dyspnea | 13.79(10.81 to16. 76) | 15.82(10.88 to 20.75) | 10.06(5.43 to 14.69) | 15.33(9.22 to 21.45) | .223 | |
| Insomnia | 24.28(19.85 to 28.71) | 22.60(15.49 to 29.71) | 25.16(16.72 to 33.59) | 25.33(17.31 to 33.35) | .874 | |
| Appetite loss | 12.76(9.34 to 16.17) | 13.56(7.08 to 20.03) | 10.06(4.48 to 15.64) | 14.67(8.87 to 20.46) | .335 | |
| Constipation | 16.46912.41 to 20.51) | 21.47(13.77 to 29.16) | 12.58(5.78 to 19.37) | 14.66(8.27 to 21.06) | .145 | |
| Diarrhea | 7.20(4.77 to 9.63) | 5.65(1.99 to 9.31) | 5.66(2.18 to 9.14) | 10.67(5.11 to 16.23) | .280 | |
| Financial difficulties | 17.90(13.66 to 22.14) | 17.51(11.19 to 23.85) | 16.98(9.42 to 24.54) | 19.33(10.54 to 28.12) | .909 | |
Data are presented as the mean±SD