Table 1.
Participant characteristics by change in physical activity (PA) level since cancer diagnosis
| Characteristic | Overall N=629 |
Decreased PA N=499 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (% of total) | N (% within each category) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Age | 0.66 | ||
| < 45 | 63 (10.0) | 51 (79.7) | |
| 45-54 | 120 (19.1) | 100 (83.3) | |
| 55-64 | 207 (32.9) | 160 (77.7) | |
| ≥ 65 | 239 (38.0) | 188 (78.7) | |
| Sex | 0.48 | ||
| Male | 215 (34.2) | 174 (80.9) | |
| Female | 414 (65.8) | 325 (78.5) | |
| Race | 0.008 | ||
| White | 519 (82.5) | 422 (81.3) | |
| Non-White | 110 (17.5) | 77 (70.0) | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 0.68 | ||
| < 25 | 218 (34.8) | 170 (78.0) | |
| 25 – 29.9 | 215 (34.4) | 169 (78.6) | |
| ≥ 30 | 193 (30.8) | 157 (81.3) | |
| Education | 0.42 | ||
| High School or Less | 199 (31.9) | 154 (77.4) | |
| Some College or Above | 424 (68.1) | 340 (80.2) | |
| Relationship Status | 0.27 | ||
| Partnered | 413 (65.7) | 333 (80.6) | |
| Not Partnered | 216 (34.3) | 166 (76.9) | |
| Cancer Characteristics | |||
| Cancer Type | 0.010 | ||
| Breast | 199 (31.6) | 144 (72.4) | |
| Thoracic/Lung | 95 (15.1) | 77 (81.1) | |
| Hematologic | 92 (14.7) | 71 (77.2) | |
| Other* | 243 (38.6) | 207 (85.2) | |
| Cancer Stage | 0.016 | ||
| Non-Metastatic | 310 (53.7) | 235 (75.8) | |
| Metastatic | 267 (46.3) | 224 (83.9) | |
| Cancer Treatment Status | <0.001 | ||
| Currently Receiving Treatment | 480 (80.3) | 404 (84.2) | |
| Completed Treatment | 104 (17.4) | 65 (62.5) | |
| About to Start Treatment | 14 (2.3) | 9 (64.3) | |
| Cancer Treatment Received | |||
| Chemotherapy | 552 (87.8) | 455 (82.4) | <0.001 |
| Radiation | 336 (53.4) | 266 (79.2) | 0.91 |
| Surgery | 334 (53.1) | 270 (80.8) | 0.32 |
| Hospital Treatment Location | 0.21 | ||
| Academic | 302 (48.0) | 246 (81.5) | |
| Community | 327 (52.0) | 253 (77.4) | |
| Symptoms in Past 7 Days | |||
| Fatigue | <0.001 | ||
| None to Mild | 137 (22.2) | 77 (56.2) | |
| Moderate to Very Severe | 481 (77.8) | 416 (86.5) | |
| Pain | 0.001 | ||
| Level of 0 (No Pain) to 3 | 201 (32.5) | 144 (71.6) | |
| Level of 4 to 10 (Worst Pain) | 418 (67.5) | 349 (83.5) | |
| Emotional Distress | 0.007 | ||
| Never to Rarely | 227 (36.6) | 168 (74.0) | |
| Sometimes to Always | 394 (63.4) | 327 (83.0) |
Due to missing data, some variables do not add up to 629.
*
Other cancer type includes but is not limited to: gastrointestinal, gynecological, genitourinary, head and neck, sarcoma, and skin.