Table 3 Effects of 12 weeks of HIIT on HRQoL 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

MCS

Control

27

50.0

6.7

47.3

9.3

46.9

1.4

3.9 (0.3 to 7.5)

0.034

 

Exercise

35

48.0

9.4

50.4

6.3

50.8

1.2

  

PCS

Control

27

53.4

5.9

54.1

7.0

53.2

0.9

1.1 (−1.2 to 3.5)

0.34

 

Exercise

35

51.0

7.3

53.6

5.2

54.3

0.8

  

Physical functioning

Control

27

54.1

4.1

54.8

3.7

54.4

0.7

0.3 (−1.5 to 2.1)

0.77

 

Exercise

35

52.6

6.9

54.4

4.4

54.7

0.6

  

Role-physical

Control

27

53.9

5.3

53.7

6.0

52.3

0.8

2.2 (0.02 to 4.3)

0.048

 

Exercise

35

50.0

10.9

53.4

7.2

54.5

0.7

  

Bodily pain

Control

27

53.5

8.4

52.8

7.9

51.9

1.1

1.3 (−1.8 to 4.3)

0.41

 

Exercise

35

50.7

7.0

52.5

7.3

53.2

1.0

  

General health

Control

27

51.0

8.1

50.9

8.3

49.8

1.0

3.2 (0.6 to 5.8)

0.016

 

Exercise

35

48.5

7.5

52.2

6.8

53.0

0.8

  

Vitality

Control

27

52.9

9.6

50.8

8.9

50.2

1.2

5.4 (2.2 to 8.5)

0.001

 

Exercise

35

51.2

8.1

55.0

7.8

55.5

1.0

  

Social functioning

Control

27

44.2

5.0

42.6

7.4

42.1

0.9

3.3 (0.8 to 5.8)

0.011

 

Exercise

35

43.0

7.6

45.0

5.1

45.4

0.8

  

Role-emotional

Control

27

52.0

6.7

51.1

7.7

50.5

1.2

1.5 (−1.7 to 4.7)

0.36

 

Exercise

35

49.5

9.0

51.4

6.5

52.0

1.0

  

Mental health

Control

27

53.7

6.4

51.0

8.3

50.5

1.2

3.2 (−0.1 to 6.5)

0.054

 

Exercise

35

50.9

9.1

53.4

5.2

53.7

1.1

  
  1. HIIT high-intensity aerobic interval training, HRQoL health-related quality of life, TCS testicular cancer survivors, No. number, SD standard deviation, Adj. adjusted, SE standard error, CI confidence interval, MCS mental component score, PCS physical component score.
  2. aAll follow-up and between-group difference values were adjusted for baseline value of the outcome, age, treatment exposure, and time since treatment