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Table 3 Pre- and post-exercise class PROs

From: Feasibility of a multimodal exercise, nutrition, and palliative care intervention in advanced lung cancer

n = 74

Pre

Mean (SD)

Post

Mean (SD)

p-value

ESAS Total

8.2 (8.7)

4.7 (6.0)

< 0.001a

ESAS Pain

1.1 (1.8)

0.6 (1.2)

0.001 a

ESAS Tiredness

2.4 (2.5)

1.6 (2.5)

0.004 a

ESAS Drowsiness

0.7 (1.4)

0.4 (1.0)

0.002 a

ESAS Nausea

0.2 (1.0)

0.1 (0.5)

0.095

ESAS Appetite

0.8 (1.9)

0.7 (1.8)

0.346

ESAS Shortness of Breath

0.8 (1.3)

0.6 (0.8)

0.023 a

ESAS Depression

0.9 (1.7)

0.3 (0.8)

< 0.001 a

ESAS Anxiety

0.5 (1.3)

0.1 (0.3)

0.002 a

ESAS Overall wellbeing

1.5 (1.9)

1.0 (1.6)

0.009 a

Fatigue

2.4 (2.3)

1.4 (1.4)

< 0.001 a

Energy

5.7 (3.1)

7.0 (2.7)

< 0.001 a

  1. All outcomes are presented using mean and standard deviation in brackets based on 74 exercise classes (one missing form) across nine participants. a = p < 0.05.