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Table 4 Overall Patient-Reported Outcomes by Study Group (Mixed Effects Model)

From: “Randomized trial of physical activity on quality of life and lung cancer biomarkers in patients with advanced stage lung cancer: a pilot study”

Score Type

Score at Week 1

Intervention Group

Usual Care

Difference of score change

P-value

Score at Week 12

Score Change

Score at Week 12

Score Change

European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Core Quality of life Questionnaire

Overall and Functioning Domains

  QLQ summary score

85.08 (2.16)

87.36 (2.64)

2.28 (2.18)

86.05 (2.79)

0.97 (2.22)

1.31 (3.02)

0.668

  Global health status (SE)

73.32 (3.67)

76.48 (4.35)

3.16 (4.11)

68.69 (4.77)

−4.63 (4.20)

7.79 (5.51)

0.166

  Physical functioning

84.02 (2.79)

88.13 (3.10)

4.11 (2.50)

88.76 (3.31)

4.74 (2.54)

−0.64 (3.41)

0.853

  Role functioning

85.51 (3.84)

93.60 (5.27)

8.09 (5.33)

76.55 (5.76)

−8.95 (5.45)

17.04 (7.16)

0.022

  Emotional functioning

85.11 (2.74)

87.79 (3.07)

2.68 (2.89)

88.22 (3.38)

3.11 (2.95)

−0.43 (3.83)

0.911

  Cognitive functioning

90.93 (2.74)

91.35 (3.02)

0.41 (2.26)

93.40 (3.22)

2.47 (2.31)

−2.05 (3.13)

0.515

  Social functioning

83.91 (3.41)

79.69 (5.51)

−4.22 (5.38)

88.31 (5.90)

4.40 (5.50)

−8.62 (7.45)

0.254

Symptom Domains

  Fatigue

22.46 (3.51)

18.04 (5.54)

−4.43 (4.85)

23.21 (5.79)

0.75 (4.97)

−5.18 (6.88)

0.456

  Nausea and vomiting

6.32 (2.19)

3.88 (4.15)

−2.44 (4.18)

12.53 (4.42)

6.21 (4.28)

−8.65 (5.80)

0.144

  Pain

12.21 (4.06)

13.88 (4.79)

1.67 (4.77)

13.47 (5.29)

1.26 (4.87)

0.41 (6.28)

0.948

  Dyspnea

23.31 (4.06)

17.12 (5.15)

−6.19 (4.88)

30.43 (5.60)

7.12 (4.99)

−13.31 (6.62)

0.051

  Insomnia

19.64 (4.40)

20.22 (6.47)

0.58 (6.37)

16.15 (6.99)

−3.49 (6.52)

4.07 (8.71)

0.643

  Appetite loss

12.24 (3.92)

8.08 (5.89)

−4.16 (6.60)

17.19 (6.49)

4.95 (6.73)

−9.11 (8.50)

0.290

  Constipation

14.84 (4.83)

13.63 (5.17)

−1.21 (4.02)

3.64 (5.57)

−11.19 (4.11)

9.99 (5.49)

0.077

  Diarrhoea

8.89 (3.64)

9.03 (3.77)

0.14 (3.32)

3.76 (4.15)

−5.13 (3.39)

5.27 (4.38)

0.237

  Financial Difficulties

15.08 (4.76)

21.64 (6.72)

6.56 (4.54)

20.49 (6.76)

5.41 (4.65)

1.15 (6.49)

0.861

  MMRC Dyspnea Scale

1.03 (0.17)

0.99 (0.19)

−0.04 (0.15)

0.96 (0.20)

−0.07 (0.15)

0.03 (0.20)

0.889

  PHQ-9 Total Score (omits Q10)

3.55 (0.62)

2.72 (0.70)

−0.83 (0.65)

3.86 (0.78)

0.31 (0.68)

−1.14 (0.88)

0.203

  1. Notes
  2. EORTC Quality of life (QoL) score and functioning domains: higher score = better QoL/functioning.
  3. EORTC Symptom Domains: higher score = worse symptoms.
  4. MMRC Dyspnea Scale: higher score = worse dyspnea.
  5. PHQ-9: higher score = worse depressive symptoms.