Clinical Study

Effects of Scheduled Exercise on Cancer-Related Fatigue in Women with Early Breast Cancer

Table 2

Mean scores and standard deviations for study variables at baseline, end of chemotherapys and 6-month follow-up tests for the intervention and control groups.

ā€‰Intervention groupControl group
ā€‰Baseline
( )
End of chemotherapy
Post1 ( )
Followup
Post2 ( )
Baseline
( )
End of chemotherapy
Post1 ( )
Followup
Post2 ( )

Schwartz Cancer Fatigue Scale-6a10.28 (3.93)12.01 (4.38)10.43 (3.27)11.36 (3.56)13.13 (4.47)10.42 (3.21)
6-Minute Walk Testb656.89 (63.30)644.02 (63.30)678.62 (73.27)638.64 (57.44)628.33 (60.44)643.39 (54.00)
MET-minutes/weekc1333.66 (1367.67)1621.12 (1734.42)2105.63 (2104.75)1138.00 (1148.81)1018.97 (1396.25)1844.94 (1555.35)

Fatigue scores ranging from 6 to 30.
bReported in meters.
cSelf-reported physical activity level (International Physical Activity Questionnaire short form) measured in metabolic equivalent of task (MET) minutes.