Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Index</td><td class="align_center">Inactivity or decreased exercise <i>n</i> = 112 (36%)</td><td class="align_center">Same or increased exercise <i>n</i> = 199 (64%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Anxiety</td><td class="align_center">0.87 (0.05)</td><td class="align_center">0.68 (0.49)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Depression</td><td class="align_center">0.71 (0.60)</td><td class="align_center">0.42 (0.40)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Global quality of life</td><td class="align_center">69.64 (21.13)</td><td class="align_center">78.56 (16.31)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Adverse events</td><td class="align_center">20.92 (16.04)</td><td class="align_center">17.18 (12.96)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The means and standard deviations (in parenthesis) of psychological well-being and quality of life indices across the change in the level of exercise from baseline to month 12 (<i>n</i> = 311). Only the indices with a statistically significant difference across the changes in levels of exercise are included in the Table.</div>

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Table 4

Table 4: Associations between Physical Exercise, Quality of Life, Psychological Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer 