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Table 5 Health-related quality of life at baseline and post-exercise intervention

From: Prehabilitation in high-risk patients scheduled for major abdominal cancer surgery: a feasibility study

Median (SD)

Baseline

Post-intervention

95% Confidence Interval

FACT-G questionnaire total score (n= 25)

79 (15)

85 (15)

−4.1, 7.2

 Physical well-being

22 (5)

24 (3)

−4.1, 0.1

 Social and family well-being

23 (5)

23 (6)

−2.5, 3.0

 Emotional well-being

17 (5)

19 (4)

−4.2, 0.8

 Functional well-being

17 (7)

20 (6)

−6.1, 0.8

ESAS total (n=25)

22 (11)

21 (11)

−11.8, −0.5

IPAQ (n=29)

 Total MET minutes/week

2305 (2878)

3858 (4236)

−2718, −388

 Vigorous MET minutes/week

961 (1730)

1902 (2410)

−1598, −283

 Moderate MET minutes/week

466 (582)

931 (1233)

−928, −2.6

 Walking MET minutes/week

877 (1132)

1023 (1193)

−642, 349

 Sitting hours/day (n=22)

5.3 (2.4)

5.4 (3.4)

−1.3, 1.2

Barrier to self-efficacy (n=25)

 Overall score

442 (244)

550 (299)

−267.3, 51.4

 Task self-efficacy (n=21)

 Overall score

302 (349)

212 (121)

−85.7, 265.6

  1. Abbreviations: FACT-G The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – General, ESAS Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire, MET metabolic equivalent