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Table 5 Health-related quality of life at baseline and post-exercise intervention for prostate and colorectal cancer participants

From: Compliance, adherence and effectiveness of a community-based pre-operative exercise programme: a pilot study

HRQoL Questionnaires

Prostate

Colorectal

EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire┼

Baseline

Post-intervention

Mean Difference (95% CI)

P value

Baseline

Post-intervention

Mean Difference (95% CI)

P value

Global health status

73.1 (19.0)

80.1 (15.4)

-7.1 (-20.5, 6.4)

0.276

69.2 (15.2)

83.3 (13.6)

-15.7 (-28.7, -2.8)

0.025*

Physical functioning

93.8 (8.8)

92.8 (6.9)

1.0 (-2.2, 4.2)

0.505

94 (10.2)

94.7 (11.7)

-0.7 (-4.7, 3.3)

0.677

Role functioning

93.1 (19.4)

89.7 (19.9)

-1.4 (-16, 13.2)

0.838

90.7 (14.7)

92.6 (12.1)

-2.1 (-15.9, 11.7)

0.729

Emotional functioning

73.7 (19.2)

84.6 (13.1)

-10.9 (-21.7, -0.1)

0.048*

75.2 (28.6)

85 (10.2)

-11.8 (-34, 10.2)

0.293

Cognitive functioning

89.7 (14.5)

91.0 (11.0)

-1.3 (-10, 7.4)

0.754

93.3 (11.7)

100 (0)

-7.4 (-16.7, 1.9)

0.104

Social functioning

87.2 (26.5)

92.3 (12.9)

-5.1 (-18.4, 8.1)

0.416

86.7 (18.9)

90 (11.7)

-3.7 (-19.1, 11.7)

0.591

Functional functioning

97.7 (3.3)

97.7 (2.3)

-0.01 (-1.7, 1.7)

0.985

98 (2)

98.5 (1.2)

-0.6 (-2, 0.8)

0.359

Fatigue

18.5 (15.2)

13.7 (10.2)

5.6 (-3.2, 14.3)

0.191

28.6 (19.1)

33.3 (40.1)

-5.6 (-61.1, 50)

0.803

Nausea/vomiting/pain

5.2 (8.0)

3.2 (4.5)

1.7 (-1.7, 5.2)

0.294

5.8 (5.3)

3.3 (4.7)

2.8 (1.2, 4.4)

0.005***

EQ-5D questionnaire Ç‚

        

Mobility

   

0.436

   

1.000

No problems

11 (85)

12 (92)

  

7 (78)

8 (89)

  

Slight problems

1 (8)

1 (8)

  

1 (11)

0 (0)

  

Moderate problems

1 (8)

0 (0)

  

1 (11)

0 (0)

  

Severe problems

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

0 (0)

1 (11)

  

Usual Activities

       

0.192

No problems

11 (85)

11 (85)

 

0.674

5 (56)

8 (89)

  

Slight problems

0 (0)

1 (8)

  

4 (44)

1 (11)

  

Moderate problems

2 (15)

1(8)

  

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

Self-care (washing/dressing)

       

0.100

No problems

13 (100)

13 (100)

  

9 (100)

9 (100)

  

Pain / Discomfort

   

0.191

   

1.000

None

11 (85)

7 (54)

  

6 (67)

7 (78)

  

Slight

1 (8)

6 (46)

  

2 (22)

2 (22)

  

Moderate

1 (8)

0 (0)

  

1 (11)

0 (0)

  

Anxiety / Depression

   

0.586

   

0.676

None

6 (46)

6 (46)

  

6 (67)

7 (78)

  

Slight

7 (54)

7 (54)

  

3 (33)

2 (22)

  

Health scale

71.2 (16.4)

80.5 (14.5)

-8 (-14.4, -1.6)

0.019*

76.5 (15.1)

86.8 (6.4)

-11.1 (-25.1, 2.9)

0.104

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) and frequencies with percentages in parentheses. *P < 0.05 taken as statistically significant. ┼Prostate (n = 12), colorectal (n = 9); ǂprostate (n = 13), colorectal (n = 9)