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Table 4 Health-related quality of life in different levels of physical activity and sedentary time among CSs with 1–2 CCD (n = 694)

From: The association between physical activity, sedentary time and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors

Scales

Physical activity

Sedentary time

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Adjusted mean difference of scores (95% CI)

Low (n = 95)

Moderate (n = 163)

Pa

High (n = 436)

Pa

< 4 h/d (n = 386)

4–6 h/d (n = 209)

Pa

≥ 6 h/d (n = 99)

Pa

EORTC QLQ-C30

 Physical function

78.28 ± 19.99

3.43(− 0.40, 7.26)

0.079

6.48(3.11, 9.84)

 < 0.001

83.69 ± 14.32

− 1.62(− 3.89, 0.64)

0.160

− 7.58(− 12.86, − 2.30)

0.005

 Role function

90.09 ± 17.43

4.92(1.38, 8.45)

0.007

5.24(2.14, 8.34)

0.001

94.23 ± 12.64

0.02(− 2.12, 2.16)

0.988

− 5.78(− 10.86, − 0.70)

0.026

 Emotional function

82.67 ± 18.41

4.07(− 0.19, 8.32)

0.061

2.94(− 0.79, 6.68)

0.123

84.86 ± 16.73

1.03(− 1.56, 3.63)

0.434

− 2.95(− 9.10, 3.21)

0.347

 Cognitive function

78.38 ± 20.40

2.07(− 2.58, 6.73)

0.383

1.89(− 2.20, 5.98)

0.366

79.51 ± 19.07

0.49(− 2.34, 3.32)

0.734

− 1.05(− 7.76, 5.66)

0.759

 Social function

75.43 ± 22.34

8.32(2.62, 14.02)

0.004

6.07(1.06, 11.07)

0.018

81.08 ± 22.62

− 1.42(− 4.89, 2.06)

0.423

− 5.05(− 13.30, 3.20)

0.230

 Global health/QoL

70.30 ± 22.82

0.88(− 4.78, 6.54)

0.760

2.70(− 2.28, 7.67)

0.287

72.28 ± 21.89

− 2.37(− 5.80, 1.06)

0.175

− 1.27(− 9.42, 6.88)

0.759

 Fatigue

26.65 ± 20.61

− 1.08(− 6.11, 3.95)

0.674

− 1.07(− 5.49, 3.35)

0.635

27.38 ± 20.37

− 0.79(− 3.85, 2.28)

0.615

7.33(0.06, 14.61)

0.048

 Nausea and vomiting

5.28 ± 11.36

− 3.01(− 5.08, − 0.93)

0.005

− 2.98(− 4.81, − 1.16)

0.001

2.54 ± 7.95

0.12(− 1.14, 1.38)

0.854

− 0.61(− 3.61, 2.39)

0.690

 Pain

15.45 ± 18.64

− 4.36(− 8.70, − 0.02)

0.049

− 2.81(− 6.62, 1.00)

0.148

13.62 ± 16.91

− 0.64(− 3.27, 1.99)

0.633

5.31(− 0.93, 11.55)

0.095

 Dyspnoea

18.42 ± 21.61

− 5.76(− 10.86, − 0.66)

0.027

− 6.45(− 10.93, − 1.97)

0.005

13.68 ± 19.61

− 0.06(− 3.14, 3.02)

0.970

5.07(− 2.25, 12.39)

0.174

 Insomnia

24.44 ± 27.85

0.81(− 5.94, 7.57)

0.813

− 3.46(− 9.39, 2.48)

0.253

21.48 ± 26.06

4.30(0.20, 8.40)

0.040

11.39(1.65, 21.12)

0.022

 Appetite loss

11.12 ± 18.14

− 3.42(− 7.64, 0.80)

0.112

− 4.11(− 7.81, − 0.41)

0.030

6.75 ± 16.29

2.07(− 0.47, 4.61)

0.110

2.46(− 3.57, 8.49)

0.423

 Constipation

10.04 ± 17.58

− 0.75(− 2.93, 6.42)

0.463

− 2.78(− 6.89, 1.32)

0.184

9.03 ± 18.00

1.34(− 1.50, 4.17)

0.354

− 3.48(− 10.21, 3.24)

0.310

 Diarrhea

11.95 ± 20.74

− 2.23(− 6.92, 2.47)

0.353

− 3.02(− 7.15, 1.10)

0.151

10.14 ± 17.70

− 0.66(− 3.49, 2.17)

0.647

− 1.52(− 8.24, 5.20)

0.656

 Financial difficulties

33.81 ± 30.37

− 8.90(− 16.71, − 1.08)

0.026

− 1.65(− 8.51, 5.22)

0.638

29.59 ± 31.47

2.17(− 2.57, 6.91)

0.370

6.37(− 4.89, 17.62)

0.267

  1. Italic face P < 0.05
  2. CS cancer survivor, CCD comorbid chronic disease
  3. aAdjusted for gender, age, BMI, education, marital status, household per capita income, time since diagnosis, recurrence, and metastasis