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. 2015 Jun 26;1(1):e7. doi: 10.2196/cancer.4389

Table 1.

Efficacy of iCanFit on promoting physical activity and quality of life among older cancer survivors.

Outcome measure Baseline (N=26) Follow-up (N=26) P value
Quality of life, mean score




Self-rated health (1-5) 3.23 3.81 .0001

Overall quality of life (0-10) 8.12 8.5 .004

Fatigue (0-10) 6.04 6.77 .002

Pain (0-10) 8.85 9.11 .016

Shortness of breath (0-10) 8.65 9.04 .023

Stress (0-10) 6.27 7.04 .0013

Sleep (0-10) 6.19 7.0 .013

Number of days without good physical health in past 30 days 3.57 1.65 .06

Number of days without good mental health in past 30 days 1.54 1.19 .07

Number of days could not do usual activities in past 30 days 1.54 0.88 .07
Current level of physical activity, n (%)




Not engaged in physical activity and have no plan 3 (12%) 0 .083

Not engaged in physical activity but plan to do so in 3 months 5 (19%) 0 .022

Engaged in physical activity occasionally, but not on a regular basis 7 (27%) 5 (19%) .77

Engaged in regular physical activity, but started less than 3 months 0 5 (19%) .022

Engaged in regular physical activity, and has been doing so for 3 months 11 (42%) 15 (58%) .043