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

Moadel 2007.

Methods Randomised controlled trial using minimisation
Participants Women with diagnosed stage I‐III breast cancer within the previous 5 years
Recruited from a university medical centre and from private clinics
Mean age 54.8 years
N = 164
Interventions • Hatha yoga (yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation), 12 weeks, once weekly for 90 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) at week 4, week 12 and week 24
Anxiety (Distressed Mood Index) at week 4, week 12 and week 24
Fatigue (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy ‐ Fatigue) at week 4, week 12 and week 24
Notes Outcomes at week 24 not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "Random assignment was in a 2:1 ratio to intervention or control after stratification by treatment (chemotherapy or antiestrogen therapy)."
"After acquisition of written informed consent and the baseline assessment, patients were randomly assigned to start classes either immediately or in 3 months."
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 Low risk 22% dropout in yoga group and 21% 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