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. 2017 Jan 3;2017(1):CD010802. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010802.pub2

Banerjee 2007.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed stage II‐III breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy during the study period
Recruited from 3 cancer hospitals in India
Mean age 44.0 years
N = 68
Interventions • Integrated yoga programme (yoga postures, deep relaxation, breathing techniques, meditation, guided imagery, group awareness), 6 weeks, frequency not reported, 90 minutes per session
• Supportive counselling and advice to take light exercise, 6 weeks, frequency and duration not reported
Outcomes Anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) at week 6
Depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) at week 6
Notes Intervention intensity not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "Randomization was performed using a computer‐generated random number table [...]"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "[...] random number table with group assignments that was sent to the clinics [...], which was used sequentially to order group assignments during recruitment. The order of randomization was verified with the hospital date of admission records for radiotherapy at intervals to make sure that field personnel had not altered the sequence of randomization to suit allocation of consenting participants into the 2 study arms."
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding of patient‐reported outcomes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk 30% dropout in control group, no dropout in yoga group
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No protocol available but no hint of selective reporting
Other bias Low risk No hint of other bias