Table 3.
Effects of 12 weeks of HIIT on HRQoL at post-intervention in TCS
| Measure | Group | No. | Baseline | Post-intervention | Between-group difference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Adj. Meana | SE | Adj. Meana (95% CI) | p | |||
| MCS | Control | 27 | 50.0 | 6.7 | 47.3 | 9.3 | 46.9 | 1.4 | 3.9 (0.3 to 7.5) | 0.034 |
| Exercise | 35 | 48.0 | 9.4 | 50.4 | 6.3 | 50.8 | 1.2 | |||
| PCS | Control | 27 | 53.4 | 5.9 | 54.1 | 7.0 | 53.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 (−1.2 to 3.5) | 0.34 |
| Exercise | 35 | 51.0 | 7.3 | 53.6 | 5.2 | 54.3 | 0.8 | |||
| Physical functioning | Control | 27 | 54.1 | 4.1 | 54.8 | 3.7 | 54.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 (−1.5 to 2.1) | 0.77 |
| Exercise | 35 | 52.6 | 6.9 | 54.4 | 4.4 | 54.7 | 0.6 | |||
| Role-physical | Control | 27 | 53.9 | 5.3 | 53.7 | 6.0 | 52.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 (0.02 to 4.3) | 0.048 |
| Exercise | 35 | 50.0 | 10.9 | 53.4 | 7.2 | 54.5 | 0.7 | |||
| Bodily pain | Control | 27 | 53.5 | 8.4 | 52.8 | 7.9 | 51.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 (−1.8 to 4.3) | 0.41 |
| Exercise | 35 | 50.7 | 7.0 | 52.5 | 7.3 | 53.2 | 1.0 | |||
| General health | Control | 27 | 51.0 | 8.1 | 50.9 | 8.3 | 49.8 | 1.0 | 3.2 (0.6 to 5.8) | 0.016 |
| Exercise | 35 | 48.5 | 7.5 | 52.2 | 6.8 | 53.0 | 0.8 | |||
| Vitality | Control | 27 | 52.9 | 9.6 | 50.8 | 8.9 | 50.2 | 1.2 | 5.4 (2.2 to 8.5) | 0.001 |
| Exercise | 35 | 51.2 | 8.1 | 55.0 | 7.8 | 55.5 | 1.0 | |||
| Social functioning | Control | 27 | 44.2 | 5.0 | 42.6 | 7.4 | 42.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 (0.8 to 5.8) | 0.011 |
| Exercise | 35 | 43.0 | 7.6 | 45.0 | 5.1 | 45.4 | 0.8 | |||
| Role-emotional | Control | 27 | 52.0 | 6.7 | 51.1 | 7.7 | 50.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 (−1.7 to 4.7) | 0.36 |
| Exercise | 35 | 49.5 | 9.0 | 51.4 | 6.5 | 52.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Mental health | Control | 27 | 53.7 | 6.4 | 51.0 | 8.3 | 50.5 | 1.2 | 3.2 (−0.1 to 6.5) | 0.054 |
| Exercise | 35 | 50.9 | 9.1 | 53.4 | 5.2 | 53.7 | 1.1 | |||
HIIT high-intensity aerobic interval training, HRQoL health-related quality of life, TCS testicular cancer survivors, No. number, SD standard deviation, Adj. adjusted, SE standard error, CI confidence interval, MCS mental component score, PCS physical component score.
aAll follow-up and between-group difference values were adjusted for baseline value of the outcome, age, treatment exposure, and time since treatment