Saganha 2012.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT with individual participants, Portugal
Participants	Physiotherapists scoring more than 26 on Emotional Exhaustion subscale of MBI out of 106 screened with MBI, and not familiar with Qigong; Experimental n = 8 Control n = 8
Interventions	1) Experimental: Qigong exercise: posture, breathing and mind focus; classes 20 min/day 1 week; self‐treatment 2X / day 2 weeks, total 3 weeks 2) Control: waiting list for 3 weeks; after that they got the treatment as well
Outcomes	MBI
Identification
Notes	MBI‐EE included in analysis 2.1
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "the design was a prospective randomized controlled study"
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Quote: "the design was a prospective randomized controlled study"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants not blinded.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants were not blinded whereas outcomes are self‐reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Outcomes for all participants reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Baseline data not reported for the RCT group only
Other bias	Low risk	We did not find any indications of other sources of bias