The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Data Collection
2.3.1. Somatometric Characteristics
2.3.2. Quality of Life
2.3.3. Exercise Behavior
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Somatometric Characteristics
3.2. Quality of Life
3.2.1. Control Group
3.2.2. Breast Cancer Group
3.3. Exercise Behavior
3.4. Associations between Exercise Behavior and Quality of Life
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Participants’ Characteristics | Breast Cancer Group (n=94) | Control Group (n=65) |
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Age (yrs) | 57.25 ± 13.59 | 49.60 ± 7.80 |
Body Mass (kg) | 69.49 ± 12.67 | 69.04 ± 5.25 |
Body Height (m) | 1.61 ± 0.05 | 1.65 ± 0.04 |
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 26.63 ± 5.27 | 25.30 ± 3.95 |
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Maridaki, M.; Papadopetraki, A.; Karagianni, H.; Koutsilieris, M.; Philippou, A. The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy. Sports 2020, 8, 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030032
Maridaki M, Papadopetraki A, Karagianni H, Koutsilieris M, Philippou A. The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy. Sports. 2020; 8(3):32. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030032
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaridaki, Maria, Argyro Papadopetraki, Helen Karagianni, Michael Koutsilieris, and Anastassios Philippou. 2020. "The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy" Sports 8, no. 3: 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030032