Table 1

Description of the measurements

Variables	Dimensions	Indicator	Value
Socio-demographic features	Age. Sex. Educational level. Provenance. Affiliation regimen.	How many years old. Female or male. Level of schooling. Urban or rural. Subsidised, contributory or linked.	Age: ≥40 years. Female or male. Incomplete elementary school education, complete elementary school education, incomplete high school education, complete high school education, technical education, technological college-level education, university-level education and postgraduate. Rural or urban. Contributory, subsidised, linked or specialised.
	Diagnostic period.	Months.	Months after the diagnosis.
	Pharmacological treatment.	Medication use.	Use of medications and dosage.
	Adjuvant treatment.	Presence of adjuvant treatment.	Chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Frequency of administration.
Physical measurements	Vital signs.	Vital sign parameters.	Heart rate. Oxygen saturation. Respiratory frequency. Blood pressure.
Impact of pain	Brief pain questionnaire.	BPI.	1–22 items to evaluate the degree of pain and its severity based on pain history.
Presence of pain	Numerical assessment of pain.	Numerical pain indicator.	Numerical: score from 1 to 10 in pain. Categorical: none, mild, moderate or severe.
Cognitive function	Cognitive dimensions.	Score range 0–30.	Score on the MoCA test. Categorical: normal, mild impairment, moderate impairment or severe impairment.
Depression	Beck Index.	Presence of 0–21 items.	Numerical: score obtained in the test. Categorical: none, mild, moderate and severe.
Kinesiophobia	Tampa Scale.	11 items score range from 1 to 4.	Numerical: 1–4. Categorical: none, mild, moderate and severe.
Catastrophising	Catastrophisation scale.	13 items score range from 1 to 4.	Three factors: rumination, magnification and hopelessness (scored from 1 to 4).
Central sensitisation	Central sensitisation inventory.	25 points score range 1–4.	This evaluates 25 pain-related symptoms, with scores from 0 to 100. Categorical: yes or no.
Neuropathic pain	Scale DN4.	Score range 0–10 points.	This evaluates four questions with possibility to score up to 10 points in order to determine the presence of neuropathic pain. Categorical: yes or no.
Quality of sleep	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.	Score range 0–21 points.	Categorical: good, fair or poor.
Quality of life	EORTC QLQ-C30.	30 questions score range 1–4.	Assessment of the quality of life of patients with cancer.
Functional capacity	TC6M 6-minute walk test.	Metres travelled.	Metre indicator. Heart rate. Borg: dyspnoea; fatigue.
	Timed Get-up-and-Go test.	Time in seconds.	Time in seconds.
	Manual dynamometry.	Force in kilograms.	Force in kilograms.

BPI, Brief Pain Inventory; DN4, Douleur Neuropathique in 4 Questions; EORTC QLQ-C30, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer core Quality of Life questionnaire ; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment .