Table 7.
Fatigue and 6-minute walk tests per assessment period.
| Assessment 1 mean ± SD 95% CI (min-max) |
Assessment 2 mean ± SD 95% CI (min-max) |
Assessment 3 mean ± SD 95% CI (min-max) |
Assessment 4 mean ± SD 95% CI (min-max) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue scale | 4.49 ± 0.93 (3.82−5.16) | 4.6 ± 0.58∗ 4.25−5.09 | 2.56 ± 0.93∗ (1.89−3.23) | 4.81 ± 0.78& (4.25−5.38) |
p=0.009 Effect size = 0.736 Power = 0.999 |
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| 6MWT (m) | 400.7 ± 236.15 (231.76−569.63) | 388.9 ± 206.08 (241.47−536.32) | 433.1 ± 229.23 (269.11−597.08) | 372.3 ± 151.54 (263.88−480.71) | p=0.144(GG) |
Source: the author (2020). Legend: 6MWT: 6-minute walk test; SD: standard deviation; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; ∗: astatistical difference between assessments 2 and 3; &: astatistical difference between assessments 3 and 4; GG: sphericity not assumed, greenhouse-Geisser correction used.