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. 2021 May 15;56(2):137–145. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab035

Table 3.

Change in fatigue perpetuating factors

CBT-TTF (N = 22) WLC (N = 14) d value p value
Baseline Follow-up Baseline Follow-up
M (SD) [range] M (SD) [range] M (SD) [range] M (SD) [range]
Sleep
Sleep/wake dysregulation (SIP-SR) 183.6 (150.9) [0–499] 54.5 (90.3) [0–395] 195.4 (98.7) [49–395] 144.5 (100.1) [0–335] −.51 .134
Activity
Mental activity (CIS − concentration) 23.9 (6.7) [7–35] 14.5 (6.9) [5–29] 22.5 (7.8) [6–34] 20.3 (9.4) [9–34] −.86 .015
Physical activity (IPAQ – total METS) 1760.3 (2119.0) [0-7866] 4031.3 (4154.7) [198–12,945] 2046.3 (3336.8)
[0−12,240]
1420.1 (2146.5) [0−7,038] −.80 .023
Social Activity (SIP-SI)a 513.9 (266.1) [135–1,091] 108.6 (162.4) [0–652] 562.8 (274.5) [190–997] 524.2 (294.5) [103–973] −1.14 .001
Cognitions
Self-efficacy (SES) 17.7 (3.2) [11–24] 21.4 (2.7) [14–24] 18.4 (3.0) [13–23] 19.1 (3.3) [13–24] 1.19 .001
Fatigue catastrophizing (FCS) 13.7 (6.5) [1–24] 4.9 (6.3) [0–29] 8.6 (5.4) [0–17] 7.1 (5.8) [1–22] −1.22 <.001
Helplessness (ICQ) 14.1 (4.2) [6–22] 8.5 (3.5) [6–18] 13.4 (3.8) [8–19] 12.4 (3.8) [6–19] −1.05 .003
Focusing on symptoms (IMQ) 19.0 (6.9) [6–30] 8.7 (6.0) [0–24] 18.1 (9.0) [9–37] 16.5 (7.8) [6–35] −1.28 <.001
Processing
Intrusive thoughts (IES-I) 8.9 (7.3) [0–23] 4.6 (5.8) [0–22] 10.2 (7.0) [1–23] 8.1 (6.2) [1–25] −.33 .320
Avoidance (IES-A) 13.8 (10.6) [0–32] 6.9 (7.1) [0–22] 16.4 (8.6) [6–32] 15.4 (8.4) [4–32] −.61 .073
Social
Social interaction (SSL-I) 18.5 (5.6) [9–28] 20.0 (4.9) [10–28] 16.9 (3.2) [12–22] 18.0 (3.3) [13–26] .07 .853
Negative interaction (SSL-N) 10.0 (2.5) [7 – 17] 9.0 (2.7) [7–16] 11.0 (4.6) [7–20] 10.1 (3.1) [7–18] −.03 .912
Discrepancy (SSL-D) 11.5 (3.5) [8 – 21] 9.4 (3.6) [8–24] 13.3 (4.8) [8–24] 11.6 (3.5) [8–18] −.07 .826
Fear of progression
Cancer-related worry (CWS – 5 items) 9.9 (2.4) [5–15] 8.2 (1.8) [5–11] 9.6 (3.8) [5–16] 9.6 (1.9) [6–13] −.65 .058

Note: CBT-TTF, cognitive-behavioral therapy for targeted therapy-related fatigue; WLC, waitlist control.

d values refer to effect size of magnitude of change. p values refer to interaction effect for mixed model (group × time). p values <.05 bolded.

aFor SIP-SI, N = 13 for WLC.