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Table 4 Exercise capacities, quality of life and psychological characteristics assessed before and after pulmonary rehabilitation (n = 47)

From: Real-life feasibility of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chemotherapy-treated patients with thoracic cancers: a pilot study

 

Before PR

After PR

p-value

6MWT distance (m)

435 [356–461]

433 [365–450]

NS

6MST steps (nb)

455 [305–574]

493 [339–609]

0.02

TUG time (s)

9 [8–13]

8.5 [7–10]

0.054

10CS time (s)

27 [24–51]

25 [20–33]

0.04

VSRQ total score

46 [37–57]

53 [39–62]

0.06

HAD total score

11 [8–17]

10 [7–17]

0.054

 Anxiety score

7 [5–10]

6 [3–8]

0.03

 Depression score

4 [3–9]

5 [2–9]

NS

  1. Exercise capacities, quality of life and psychological characteristics before and after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) from the 47 patients who completed the pulmonary rehabilitation program were compared. 6MWT: 6-min walk test distance [10], 6MST steps: number of steps in the 6-min stepper test [11], TUG: timed Up and Go test [12], 10CS: ten chair stands [13], VSRQ: visual simplified respiratory questionnaire global score ranging from 80 (best health status) to 0 (poorest health status) [15], HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale ranging from 0 (best psychological status) to 42 (worse psychological status) [17], NS: not significant. Results are given as medians with interquartile ranges. Comparisons were performed by a Wilcoxon test for paired data. Differences were considered to be statistically significant when p ≤ 0.05 (p < 0.1 are detailed)