Table 1.
Baseline patients’ characteristics of 216 patients with lung cancer for Prehab.
| Parameter | Descriptor | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 109 | 50.5 |
| Female | 107 | 49.5 | |
| Age in years | Mean (± 95% CI) | 71.7 ± 1.1 | |
| Referral to assessment days | Mean (± 95% CI) | 15.4 ± 1.4 | |
| Stage of lung cancer | 1A1 | 29 | 13.4 |
| 1A2 | 38 | 17.6 | |
| 1A3 | 18 | 8.3 | |
| 1B | 52 | 24.1 | |
| IIA | 6 | 2.8 | |
| IIB | 24 | 11.1 | |
| IIIA | 33 | 15.3 | |
| IIIB | 10 | 4.6 | |
| IVA | 5 | 2.3 | |
| No stage | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Dyspnoea score | 0–2 (acceptable fitness for surgery) | 86 | 40.4 |
| 3–4 (high level of surgical risk) | 127 | 59.6 | |
| Performance status | 0–1 (acceptable fitness for surgery) | 96 | 45.1 |
| 2–4 (high level of surgical risk) | 117 | 54.9 | |
| Level of activity | Sedentary | 173 | 80.8 |
| Moderately active (acceptable fitness) | 39 | 18.2 | |
| Very active | 2 | 0.9 | |
| Frailty | 1–3 (acceptable fitness for surgery) | 105 | 49.5 |
| 4–7 (venerable for adverse events) | 107 | 50.5 | |
| Smoking habit | Current smoker | 43 | 19.9 |
| Ex- smoker | 144 | 66.7 | |
| Never smoked | 29 | 13.4 | |
| Smoking cessation advice | Accepted | 30 | 69.8 |
| Declined | 6 | 13.9 | |
| No advice | 7 | 16.3 | |
| FEV1 (litres) | Mean (± 95% CI) | 1.7 ± 0.1 | |
| DLCO (% predicted) | Mean (± 95% CI) | 66.4 ± 0.1 | |
| Thoracoscore (%) | Mean (± 95% CI) | 2.8 ± 0.5 | |
| Six minute walk distance (mts) | Mean (± 95% CI) | 306.6 ± 20.6 | |
| Not fit for | Surgery | 127 | 58.8 |
| Radiotherapy | 41 | 19.6 | |
| Assessment to surgery days | Mean (± 95% CI) | 39.0 ± 7.0 | |
| Sessions of Pre-hab | Mean (± 95% CI) | 3.1 ± 0.6 |
[Values are numbers (percentage) unless otherwise stated]. (CI= confidence interval). Level of activity was measured using the Borg scale of perceived exertion and assessments recorded as sedentary, moderately active or active.