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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3

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
Outcomes Physical health status
Quality of life
Fatigue
Spiritual well‐being
Depression
Sleep quality
Mood
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