Outcome measures | Instrument |
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A. Primary outcome measures | Â |
Cardiorespiratory fitness | Maximum exercise test (peakVO2 ) |
Muscular strength | 30 s sit-to-stand test, maximal handgrip strength |
Fatigue | Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) [38] and the Fatigue Quality List (FQL) [40] questionnaires |
B. Secondary outcome measures | Â |
Sociodemographic data | Age, education, marital status, living situation, comorbidities and life style variables (e.g. smoking) |
Clinical data | Â |
Medical history | Date of diagnosis, subtype of disease, stage of disease, history of therapy |
Disease status and treatment | Response to treatment, progression or relapse of disease and data on any additional treatment will be recorded from medical records |
Adverse events | Medical records, reports of the sports physician and physical therapist |
Physical tests | Â |
Physical examination | Height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, four skinfolds (biceps, triceps, suprailiacal and subscapular) |
Body composition and bone mineral density | Dual Energy X-ray (DXA) scan |
Questionnaires | Â |
Health-related quality of life | EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) [43], EuroQol (EQ5D) [44], EORTC Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy module (QLQ-CIPN20) [45] |
Physical activity | Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) [46], Recordings of the Actitrainer accelerometer (Actigraph, Fort Walton Beach Florida, USA) |
Mood disturbance | |
Functioning in daily life | Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) [49] |
Quality of Sleep | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) [50] |
Return to work | Return to work questionnaire |
Moderating variables | Questionnaire about pre-illness lifestyle, current attitudes toward and beliefs about exercise in general |
Satisfaction with the intervention | Satisfaction questionnaire |
Cost questionnaires | Cost dairies |
Compliance with the exercise program | Self-report and objective measures (e.g. attendance, exercise logs, target intensity) |