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Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2019 Dec 16;28(8):3867–3876. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05230-0

Table 3.

Pre-and Post-Intervention Functional Outcomes

	Baseline (Before Surgery) (n=16)	Before Hospital Discharge (n=13)	p-value	2–4 weeks Post-Discharge (n=12)	p-value ^****
GI Cancer
^6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT), median distance in meters (range)*	396 (5.3–1340)	188 (18–391)	0.01	411 (305–1600)	0.7
^*Timed Up and GO (TUG), mean seconds (SD)*	8.5 (3.5)	13.2 (11.0)	0.4	9.9 (3.5)	0.1
^**SPPB Total, mean points (SD)*	10.5 (2.0)	6.0 (3.4)	0.001	7.5 (3.8)	0.001
	Baseline (Before Surgery) (n=18)	Before Hospital Discharge (n=16)	p-value	2–4 weeks Post-Discharge (n=14)	p-value ^****
Lung Cancer
^6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT), median distance in meters (range)*	420 (112–2079)	237 (45–344)	0.0002	426 (152–1500)	0.8
^*Timed Up and GO (TUG), mean seconds (SD)*	10.0 (5.5)	9.8 (7.7)	0.9	9.1 (4.3)	1.0
^**SPPB Total, mean score (SD)*	10.2 (2.1)	6.4 (3.2)	0.005	8.2 (3.7)	0.01

<300 meters = functionally impaired

^**

≥12 seconds = higher risk for falls

^***

lower score = impaired lower extremity function

^****

p-value comparing baseline values to 2–4 weeks post discharge