Effects of Qigong Training on Health-Related Quality of Life, Functioning, and Cancer-Related Symptoms in Survivors of Nasopharyngeal Cancer: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Characteristics of participants measured at baseline.

	Qigong group; (𝑛=25)	Control group; (𝑛=27)	𝑃
Age (year)	55.4 ± 7.5	58.7 ± 9.5	0.172
Sex (number of male : female)	12 : 13	16 : 11	0.416
Weight (kg)	59.5 ± 15.1	56.8 ± 10.5	0.451
Height (cm)	163.2 ± 9.1	161.5 ± 8.1	0.496
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	22.3 ± 5.0	21.7 ± 3.3	0.640
Reported NPC stage at diagnosis [9]
Stage I (𝑛, %)	5 (20%)	2 (7.4%)
Stage II (𝑛, %)	5 (20%)	7 (25.9%)
Stage III (𝑛, %)	11 (44%)	15 (55.6%)
Stage IV (𝑛, %)	4 (16%)	3 (11.1%)
Post-NPC duration (year)	12.5 ± 7.1	8.4 ± 9.7	0.094
Previous NPC treatment
Radiotherapy (𝑛, %)	17 (68%)	9 (33.3%)
Radiotherapy and; chemotherapy (𝑛, %)	7 (28%)	18 (66.6%)
Radiotherapy,; chemotherapy, and; surgery (𝑛, %)	1 (4%)	0 (0%)
Habitual physical activity level (metabolic equivalent hours per week)	13.9 ± 14.1	14.9 ± 14.5	0.795

Mean ± standard deviation presented for continuous variables.
^∗𝑃<0.05 for between-group comparisons.