Table 2 Effects of 12 weeks of HIIT on CRF and psychosocial functioning at post-intervention in TCS

From: Effects of high-intensity interval training on fatigue and quality of life in testicular cancer survivors

Measure

Group

No.

Baseline

Post-intervention

Between-group difference

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Adj. Meana

SE

Adj. Meana (95% CI)

p

CRF

Control

27

42.8

8.4

41.7

8.9

40.6

1.1

4.4 (1.5 to 7.3)

0.003

 

Exercise

35

40.0

8.7

44.2

7.0

45.0

0.9

  

Depression

Control

27

4.5

4.4

4.0

3.8

4.2

0.5

−0.2 (−1.6 to 1.3)

0.81

 

Exercise

35

5.3

4.7

4.2

3.3

4.0

0.5

  

Anxiety

Control

27

16.2

4.7

17.4

5.9

18.0

0.9

−1.6 (−3.9 to 0.8)

0.19

 

Exercise

35

18.6

5.5

16.9

4.2

16.4

0.8

  

Stress

Control

27

16.3

9.1

17.0

8.5

18.1

1.0

−1.7 (−4.4 to 1.0)

0.22

 

Exercise

35

19.7

8.5

17.3

6.7

16.4

0.9

  

Self-esteem

Control

27

36.0

4.8

35.0

5.0

33.7

0.6

1.8 (0.2 to 3.4)

0.029

 

Exercise

35

32.5

5.5

34.5

4.1

35.5

0.5

  

Sleep quality

Control

27

3.2

2.5

3.2

2.9

3.6

0.3

−0.6 (−1.4 to 0.2)

0.15

 

Exercise

35

3.9

2.0

3.3

2.0

3.0

0.3

  
  1. HIIT high-intensity aerobic interval training, CRF cancer-related fatigue, TCS testicular cancer survivors, No. number, SD standard deviation, Adj. adjusted, SE standard error, CI confidence interval.
  2. aAll follow-up and between-group difference values were adjusted for baseline value of the outcome, age, treatment exposure, and time since treatment
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