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

Bernardi 2013.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed non‐metastatic breast cancer post mastectomy
Recruited from outpatient service of a clinical hospital
Mean age 51.3 years
N = 45
Interventions • Individually applied yoga (yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation), 6 yoga sessions, 45 minutes per session
• No treatment for 6 weeks
Outcomes Anxiety (State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory) at week ? (2 weeks post intervention)
Notes Qualitative interview after each yoga session
Study authors were contacted for unpublished data, but no such data were used
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "Lottery randomization"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on allocation concealment
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
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information on attrition
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No protocol available but no hint of selective reporting
Other bias Low risk No hint of other bias