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Table 5 Pearson Correlation Between Physical Activity and Survey Score Changes

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

 

Change in Exercise Minutes (n = 40)

Change in Step Counts (n = 20)

Score Type

Pearson Correlation

p-value

Pearson Correlation

P-value

EORTC QLQ-C30

 QLQ summary score

0.19

0.261

0.54

0.021

 Global health status / QoL

0.03

0.865

−0.06

0.813

 Physical functioning

0.09

0.589

0.24

0.344

 Role functioning

0.32

0.044

0.60

0.007

 Emotional functioning

0.08

0.638

0.54

0.016

 Cognitive functioning

0.20

0.226

0.43

0.067

 Social functioning

−0.11

0.504

0.29

0.232

 Fatigue

−0.24

0.142

−0.42

0.074

 Nausea and vomiting

−0.12

0.457

−0.46

0.046

 Pain

0.03

0.846

−0.20

0.409

 Dyspnoea

−0.22

0.172

−0.16

0.521

 Insomnia

−0.08

0.616

−0.24

0.332

 Appetite loss

−0.13

0.439

0.22

0.365

 Constipation

0.10

0.547

−0.54

0.017

 Diarrhoea

0.01

0.954

0.26

0.279

 Financial difficulties

0.10

0.562

−0.08

0.758

 MMRC Dyspnea Scale: Description of breathlessness

−0.07

0.683

−0.15

0.568

 PHQ-9 Total Score (omits Q10)

−0.21

0.220

−0.01

0.962

  1. *Footnote: Quality of life and symptom questionnaires were collected at week 12. Readers should note that the Intervention Group (n = 20) had increased walking distance at week 6 (but not at week 12; see Table 2)