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

Danhauer 2009.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed breast cancer (any stage) 2‐24 months post surgery or recurrence of breast cancer within past 24 months
Recruited from Breast Care Center in the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Mean age 55.8 years
N = 44
Interventions • Restorative yoga (yoga postures, breathing techniques, deep relaxation, meditation), 10 weeks, once weekly for 75 minutes
• Wait‐list, no treatment
Outcomes Health‐related quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy ‐ Breast Cancer; Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy ‐ Spiritual Well‐Being; Medical Outcomes Study 12‐item short‐form health survey) at week 10
Depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) at week 10
Fatigue (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy ‐ Fatigue) at week 10
Sleep disturbances (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) at week 10
Safety (adverse events)
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Women were randomized to the RY group or a waitlist control group."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk "Women were randomized to the RY group or a waitlist control group."
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 Low risk 40% dropout in yoga group and 36% dropout in 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