DiSipio 2009.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Study design: RCT Number randomized: 337; numbers assigned to the exercise or control group not reported Study start and stop dates: started 2006, but end date not reported Length of intervention: unclear Length of follow‐up: unclear |
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Participants | Type cancer: breast cancer Time since cancer diagnosis: not reported Time in active treatment: not reported Inclusion criteria:
Eligibility criteria related to interest or ability, or both, to exercise:
Exclusion criteria:
Gender: female Current age: not reported Age at cancer diagnosis: not reported Ethnicity/race: not reported Education level: not reported SES: not reported Employment status: not reported Comorbidities: not reported Past exercise history: not reported On hormone therapy: not reported |
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Interventions | Neither the exercise nor control interventions were described, nor the number of participants assigned to either group | |
Outcomes | No primary outcome was identified. QoL outcomes included:
Outcomes were measured at baseline, mid‐intervention (6 months), and 3 months postintervention (12 months) Subgroup analysis: none reported Adverse events: not reported |
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Notes | Country: Australia Funding: none reported Published conference abstract |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | The generation of the random sequence was not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Whether the treatment assignment was concealed from study personnel and participants was not described |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Owing to the nature of the intervention, it was not possible to conceal allocation to the intervention from the participants |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | The outcome assessor was blinded to the study allocation |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient details provided to determine whether there was any attrition |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient details provided to assess whether there was selective outcome reporting |
Other bias | Low risk | The trial appears to be free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias |