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

Wang 2014.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women with diagnosed breast cancer after first round of chemotherapy
Recruited from a university hospital
Mean age not reported
N = 100
Interventions • Yoga (yoga postures, relaxation), 4 months, 4 times a week for 50 minutes
• Usual care for 4 months
Outcomes Fatigue (Cancer Fatigue Scale) at week ? (second, fourth and sixth rounds of chemotherapy)
Notes Only Abstract in English (Chinese text read by PK)
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on random sequence generation
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Use of a randomisation table; yoga group and control group were separated into 2 different parts of the hospital
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 20% attrition in yoga group, 16% in control group
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk No protocol available but no hint of selective reporting
Other bias High risk Cancer Fatigue Scale validated only in Japanese

6MWD: six‐minute walking distance test.
 EORTC QLQ‐BR23: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer core quality of life questionnaire ‐ breast cancer specific.
 CCOP: Community Clinical Oncology Program.
 CFS: Cancer Fatigue Scale.
 EORTC QLQ: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer core quality of life questionnaire
 IG: Intervention Group.
 RY: Restorative Yoga.
 WG: Waiting Group.
 WL: Wait List.
 YG: Yoga Group.
 YOCAS: Yoga for Cancer Survivors.