Study	Reason for exclusion
CHAIR 2015	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (chair stand exercise versus passive stretch exercise)
Churchill 1987	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (dialysis reuse versus single use)
Dashti‐Khavidaki 2011	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (clonazepam versus zolpidem)
Eglence 2013	Not RCT: all participants in the intervention group came from a Turkish HD centre, and all participants in the control group came from another Turkish HD centre
Gram 1998	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (growth hormone versus placebo)
Heshmati Far 2015	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (Benson relaxation technique versus control)
Heshmatifar 2015	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (Benson relaxation technique versus usual care)
Laupacis 1992	Not RCT
Macagnan 2019	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (photo‐biomodulation therapy versus placebo)
Nakamoto 2008	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (Juzen‐taiho‐to (TJ‐48) versus placebo)
Sharp 2005	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (immediate CBT versus deferred‐treatment)
Shimizu 1983	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (high sodium + bicarbonate concentrate group versus high sodium + acetate concentrate group versus low sodium + bicarbonate concentrate group versus low sodium + acetate concentrate)
Siami 1991	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (IV L‐carnitine versus placebo)
Tawney 2000	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (physical rehabilitation program versus usual care)
TREAT 2005	Wrong population: CKD patients who not required dialysis
Tsai 2015	Fatigue was not a primary or secondary outcome (nurse‐led breathing training program versus waiting list)

CBT: cognitive behavioural therapy; CKD: chronic kidney disease; HD: haemodialysis; IV: intravenous; RCT: randomised controlled trial