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. 2019 Nov 22;2019(11):CD011287. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011287.pub2

Yun 2017.

Methods Design: randomised controlled trial
Country: South Korea
Accrual dates: April 2012 to August 2013
Trial Reg: NCT01527409
Participants Number randomised: 248
546 eligible patients, 298 excluded; Leach Program group: 115 (69.3%) participants completed the 12‐month course at 3 months, and 117 (70.5%) at 6 to 12 months; UC group, 60 (73.2%) participants completed the course at 3 months and 57 (71.3%) at 12 months
Inclusion: ≥ 20 years old. Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³. Serum haemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL. Not already met 2 or more behavioural goals aimed for in the study. Energy expenditure achieved by at least moderate exercise for at least 150 minutes/week. Intake of ≥ 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Total score > 72 points in the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory
Exclusion: currently receiving cancer treatment. Progressive malignant disease or recurrent, metastasised, or additional primary cancer. Condition that might compromise adherence to an unsupervised exercise programme (e.g. uncontrolled congestive heart failure or angina, recent myocardial infarction, breathing difficulties requiring oxygen use or hospitalisation, inability to walk without a walker or wheelchair, planning to receive hip or knee replacement surgery). Condition that could interfere with ingestion of a diet high in vegetables and fruits (e.g. kidney failure, need for chronic warfarin). Serious psychological disorder (e.g. bipolar disease, schizophrenia, eating disorder). Infection (body temperature ≥ 37.2°C or WBC ≥11,000 mm³). Visual or motor dysfunction. Pregnant
Gender: male 42 (20.39), female 164 (79.61)
Age: mean 50.68 (SD 9.43) years
Type of cancer: stomach (n = 51), lung (n = 5), breast (n = 123), colorectal (n = 11), gynaecological (n = 9), other (n = 1)
Therapy previously received for cancer:
Missing ‐ 10, surgery ‐ 195 (99.49), radiotherapy‐ 100 (51.02), chemotherapy ‐ 119 (60.71), hormonal therapy ‐ 51 (43.59)
Cancer stage: stage 0 ‐ 5 (2.51), stage 1 ‐ 100 (52.67), stage 2 ‐ 66 (33.17), stage 3 ‐ 20 (10.05), stage 4 ‐ 2 (1.01), other (5/6) ‐ 6 (3.02)
Ethnicity: Korean
Education: high school graduate or less 105 (51.47), college graduate 99 (48.53)
Interventions Comparison: LEACH (physical activity, diet, and distress) programme vs usual care
Intervention: 1‐hour health education workshop (physical activity, dietary habits, and distress management) and 3‐hour leadership workshop (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People With Cancer). Next, the Intervention group was also offered individual coaching by telephone for a 24‐week period
Control: encouraged to continue their usual care and given a health education booklet on physical activity, dietary habits, and distress management
Outcomes Physical activity: measured in METs (kcal/kg/week)
Diet: a validated questionnaire on fruit and vegetable intake
Post‐traumatic growth: measured using the 21‐item Post‐Traumatic Growth Inventory
Duration of follow‐up: outcomes were measured at 0, 3, 6, and 12 months, but data from the 6‐month period were not included in the analysis due to lack of participants
Notes Funding: national cancer centre, national R&D programme for cancer control, ministry of health and welfare, Republic of Korea
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk With the aid of a computerised random number generator, we randomly assigned eligible participants
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk With the aid of a computerised random number generator, we randomly assigned eligible participants
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 Objective outcomes Unclear risk No objective outcome measures
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 Subjective outcomes High risk Participants and personnel not blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Objective outcomes Unclear risk No objective outcome measures
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Subjective outcomes High risk Self‐report quality of life
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 Objective Unclear risk No objective outcome measures
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 Subjective High risk All participants accounted for, but 30% dropout in control and intervention groups
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Protocol could not be located; insufficient information to make a judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit a judgement