General results
Altogether, the study participants included 44 patients who completed
the self-administered HRQoL and general questionnaires involved in the
study. The median age of the whole sample was 15.5 years, and 20/44
patients were female. Twenty-one patients (48%) attended the proposed
exercise sessions, and thus formed the GYM group, while 23 (52%)
refused the proposed exercise program and formed the No-GYM group. The
two groups were statistically different as regards type of cancer (P
0.034): 6 of 8 patients with brain tumors refused to attend the gym; and
all patients with neuroblastoma invited joined the GYM group. Table 1
shows patients’ characteristics and their answers in the general
questionnaire, overall and by group.