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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and intervention characteristics for patients with data at baseline and post-intervention (N = 16)

From: Changes in muscle performance among older adults with myeloid malignancies engaging in a mobile health (mHealth) exercise intervention: a single arm pilot study

Variable

Category

Statistic

Age in years, mean (SD, range)

 

71.25 (4.5, 65.0–80.0)

Gender, n (%)

Male

10 (62.5)

 

Female

6 (37.5)

Education, n (%)

High school or less

2 (12.5)

 

Some college/post high school

training

4 (25.0)

 

College graduate

4 (25.0)

 

Post-graduate

5 (31.3)

 

Other/prefer not to say

1 (6.3)

Martial status, n (%)

Married

10 (62.5)

 

Long term significant other

1 (6.3)

 

Divorced or widowed

5 (31.3)

 

Single

5 (31.3)

Cancer type, n (%)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

9 (56.3)

 

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

1 (6.3)

 

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

6 (37.5)

Chemotherapy cycle at exercise initiation, n (%)

1

3 (18.8)

 

2

5 (31.3)

 

3

4 (25.0)

 

4

1 (6.3)

 

5 or more

3 (18.8)

Days/week of resistance exercise, mean (SD,

range)*

 

3.46 (2.2, 0.1-7.0)

Minutes per bout of resistance exercise, mean (SD, range)*

 

26.6 (10.7, 8.3–46.1)

Average RPE during resistance exercise, mean

(SD, range)*

 

3.4 (1.2, 0.8–5.6)

Average daily steps at baseline, mean (SD, range)

 

3005.0 (1629.6,

649.8-6546.4)

Average daily steps at post-intervention, mean (SD,

range)

 

3757.8 (2762.2,

307.3-10554.9)

Average increase in daily steps, mean (SD, range)

 

752.8 (1596.9,

-1099.8-4602.8)

  1. *One patient was missing data for resistance training exercise
  2. Abbreviations: SD = Standard Deviation