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

Chandwani 2010.

Methods Randomised controlled trial using minimisation
Participants Women with diagnosed stage 0‐III breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy during the study period
Recruited from The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Mean age not reported
N = 81
Interventions • Yoga based on Patanjali`s yoga sutras (yoga postures, deep relaxation, breath control, meditation), 6 weeks, twice weekly for 60 minutes
• Wait‐list, no treatment
Outcomes Health‐related quality of life (Medical Outcomes Study 36‐item short‐form health survey) at week 7 and week 18
Depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) at week 7 and week 18
Anxiety (Speilberger State/Trait Anxiety Inventory) at week 7 and week 18
Fatigue (Brief Fatigue Inventory) at week 7 and week 18
Sleep disturbances (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) at week 7 and week 18
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "Participants were then randomly assigned to either the YG or the WL control group by use of minimization, a form of adaptive randomization described previously."
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 10% dropout in the yoga group and 0% in the control group; intention‐to‐treat analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No protocol available but no hint of selective reporting
Other bias Low risk No hint of other bias