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

Siedentopf 2013.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed breast cancer in the immediate postoperative phase
Recruited from a hospital breast centre
Mean age 57.0 years
N = 93
Interventions • Gitananda yoga and viniyoga (yoga postures, breathing techniques, relaxation techniques), 5 weeks, twice weekly for 75 minutes
• Wait‐list, usual care for 5 weeks
Outcomes Health‐related quality of life (European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ‐30 and QLQ‐BR23) at week 5 and week 17
Notes Study authors were contacted for unpublished data, but no such data were used.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 randomisation process
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "sealed envelopes"
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 High risk Missing outcome data balanced in numbers across groups with high dropout (16 in IG, 16 in WG, total of 32.3%); no 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