Translating research into practice: outcomes from the Healthy Living after Cancer partnership project

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Baseline to post-program changes in patient reported outcomes in all Healthy Living after Cancer participants

Outcome	M ± SD at baseline	n		Pooled mean change (95%CI) ^a	p	p for interaction (time x cancer council)
Outcome	M ± SD at baseline	Baseline	Post	Pooled mean change (95%CI) ^a	p	p for interaction (time x cancer council)
Weight, kg	78.9 ± 18.8	786	494	−2.24 (−2.61, −1.88)	< 0.001	0.057
Body Mass Index, kg/m²	28.8 ± 6.5	786	494	−0.80 (−0.93, −0.67)	< 0.001	0.081
Waist circumference, cm	97.6 ± 15.3	781	477	−4.42 (−5.08, −3.77)	< 0.001	0.063
MVPA, min/week	207.4 ± 210.2	786	498	147.64 (124.25, 171.03)	< 0.001	0.334
Sitting on weekdays, h/day	6.5 ± 3	782	498	−1.19 (− 1.42, −0.96)	< 0.001	0.755
Vegetables, serves/day	3.0 ± 1.8	786	498	0.99 (0.83, 1.16)	< 0.001	0.111
Fruit, serves/day	1.8 ± 1.1	785	498	0.28 (0.19, 0.36)	< 0.001	0.074
Fat Index, 1–5	3.1 ± 0.5	771	489	0.32 (0.29, 0.36)	< 0.001	0.255
Fibre Index, 1–5	2.8 ± 0.5	753	461	0.24 (0.19, 0.28)	< 0.001	0.290
Physical Quality of life, 0–100	39.7 ± 10.2	786	500	6.10 (5.21, 7.00)	< 0.001	0.277
Mental Quality of life, 0–100	47.2 ± 10.7	786	500	2.66 (1.80, 3.51)	< 0.001	0.184
Symptom Severity, 0–10	4.1 ± 1.8	786	499	−1.00 (−1.12, −0.87)	< 0.001	0.655
Symptom Interference, 0–10	3.9 ± 2.4	785	499	−1.36 (− 1.53, − 1.18)	< 0.001	0.687
Fear of cancer recurrence, 0–40	16.5 ± 10.4	786	499	−3.36 (−4.07, −2.65)	< 0.001	0.503
Distress Level, 0–10	2.9 ± 2.7	784	497	−0.71 (− 0.94, − 0.48)	< 0.001	0.891
Distress Impact, 0–10	2.2 ± 2.8	784	497	−0.68 (− 0.90, − 0.47)	< 0.001	0.402

MVPA moderate-vigorous physical activity, CI confidence interval
^a Pooled mean change estimated by comparison of marginal means for the effect of time (baseline / post program), estimated balanced across strata (cancer council: A, B, C, D) from model that includes effects of time, cancer council, and their two-way interaction

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