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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD008465. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008465.pub2

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
Participants Type cancer: breast cancer
Time since cancer diagnosis: not reported
Time in active treatment: not reported
Inclusion criteria:
  • resident of Queensland

  • diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer in 2006 or 2007


Eligibility criteria related to interest or ability, or both, to exercise:
  • none reported


Exclusion criteria:
  • none reported


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
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:
  • Global HRQoL, assessed using FACT‐B


Outcomes were measured at baseline, mid‐intervention (6 months), and 3 months postintervention (12 months)
Subgroup analysis: none reported
Adverse events: not reported
Notes Country: Australia
Funding: none reported
Published conference abstract
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