Danhauer 2009.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT; 2 groups, wait list control | |
Participants | 27 patients with breat cancer at various different stages of treatment | |
Interventions | Exercise: yoga, 75‐minute supervised group class once/week for 10 weeks. Average of 6.6 women/session. No home practice required. Control: usual care, wait list |
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Outcomes | Physical health status Quality of life Fatigue Spiritual well‐being Depression Sleep quality Mood |
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Notes | Methodological quality score: 2 Main purpose of exercise: to reduce fatigue and psychological distress, and improve sleep and quality of life | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "randomized" but method not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Blinding not done |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | All participants were accounted for |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Fatigue outcome reported |