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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the ‘Quality of Life in Motion (QLIM) study’

From: Effects of a combined physical and psychosocial training for children with cancer: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention group

Control group

n = 30

n = 38

Age, mean (SD) years

13.4 (3.1)

13.1 (3.1)

Gender, male n (%) male

16 (53%)

21 (55%)

Height, mean (SD) cm

158.9 (16.5)

154.5 (17.2)

Weight, mean (SD) kg

51.6(16.0)

49.2 (16.9)

Cancer type, n (%)

 ALL

8 (27%)

12 (32%)

 AML, HL, non-HL, CML, Burkitt

12 (40%)

13 (34%)

 CNS/brain tumor

1 (3%)

6 (16%)

 Solid tumor

9 (30%)

7 (18%)

During treatment, n (%)

9 (30%)

12 (32%)

Lower body amputations

2 (3%)

2 (3%)

Upper body amputations

2 (3%)

1 (1%)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, N number, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, AML acute myeloid leukemia, HL Hodgkin lymphoma, non-H non-Hodgkin lymphoma, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, CNS central nervous system
  2. *No significant differences at baseline between the two groups