Research Article
Yoga for Persistent Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: Results of a Pilot Study
Table 3
Changes in fatigue and other outcomes following pilot yoga intervention.
| | Baseline | Post-treatment | 3-month follow-up |
| Primary outcomes: (range) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| FSI average fatigue (0–10) | 6.3 (1.1) | 2.7 (1.6)** | 4.4 (1.8)** | FSI #days fatigued (0–7) | 7 (0) | 4.6 (2.7)* | 4.5 (2.2)** | FSI most fatigue (0–10) | 7.8 (1.3) | 4.0 (2.3)** | 5.8 (2.3)** | SF-36 vitality scale (0–100) | 27.3 (18.4) | 50 (22.2)** | 47.5 (18.4)** |
| Secondary outcomes: (range) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Depressive symptoms (BDI-II) (0–63) | 15.4 (8.0) | 7.5 (6.2)** | 7.3 (5.6)** | SF-36 general health (0–100) | 50.5 (22.1) | 65.0 (22.1)** | 67.3 (23.9)** | General pain (BCPT) (0–4) | 1.5 (1.4) | 0.8 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.9) | Sleep quality (PSQI) (0–21) | 7.1 (4.1) | 6.4 (3.6) | 6.0 (3.7) | Chair stand score (0–4) | 2.6 (0.9) | 3.5 (0.5) | n/a | 8-foot walk test (0–4) | 3.4 (0.6) | 3.4 (0.6) | n/a |
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Paired-samples -tests were used to evaluate differences from baseline to post-treatment and from baseline to 3-month follow-up.
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