Table 3.
Summary of types of outcomes measured.
| Cardiorespiratory fitness, physical function, and cardiovascular health |
Anthropometrics & physical activity |
Psychosocial | Other | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Setting | Feasibility | CRF | Walk | Grip | Balance | Strength | Heart rate | BP | BMI | Body fat | Weight | Waist | PA | Fatigue | Depression | Anxiety | QOL | Safety | SB | Lym | Exertion | Dyspnea | Sleep | |
| Hubbard et al. 2018 [22, 25] | RCT | C/C | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| De Jesus et al. [21] | QE | C/C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | ||||||||||||||
| Dittus et al. 2015 [26] | QE | C | + | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hubbard et al. 2018 [23] | QE | C/C | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rothe et al. 2018 [29] | QE | NR | + | + | - | + | |||||||||||||||||||
| Young- | QE | C | + | - | + | + | |||||||||||||||||||
| McCaughan et al. 2003 [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bonsignore et al. 2018 [20] | RC | C/C | + | + | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dolan et al. 2018 [27] | RC | C | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||||||||||||||
| Morris et al. 2009 [24] | RC | C/C | + | + | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of studies that measured each outcome | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| % reported improvement | NA | 75 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 0 | 50 | 67 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Setting C/C=cancer/cardiac mixed, C=cancer only;
+ indicates improvement from pre to post test; − indicates no change from pre to post test
Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index, BP= blood pressure, CRF=cardiorespiratory fitness, Grip=grip strength, Lym=lymphedema, NR=not reported, PA=physical activity, QOL=quality of life, QE=quasi-experimental, RC=retrospective cohort, SB=symptom burden, RCT=randomized control trial, Waist=waist circumference,