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

Gomes 2011.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: RCT
Number randomized: 54; number assigned to exercise and control groups not reported
Study start and stop dates: not reported
Length of intervention: not reported
Length of follow‐up: to end of the intervention
Participants Type cancer: non‐metastatic breast cancer
Time since cancer diagnosis: not reported
Time in active treatment: not reported
Inclusion criteria:
  • none reported


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


Exclusion criteria:
  • none reported


Gender: female
Current age, median years:
  • exercise group: 52.5 years

  • control group: 48.5 years


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
BMI, median:
  • exercise group: 27.61

  • control group: 26.49


Premenopausal, %:
  • exercise group: 39.3%

  • control group: 57.7%

Interventions The number of participants assigned to the exercise intervention was not reported. The exercise intervention included:
  • brief home‐based exercise orientation program


Type exercise (aerobic/anaerobic): aerobic
Intensity of the experimental exercise intervention: not reported
Frequency: not reported
Duration of individual sessions: not reported
Duration of exercise program: not reported
Total number of exercise sessions: not reported
Format: individual
Facility: home
Professionally led: unclear
Adherence: not reported
The number of participants assigned to the control intervention was not reported. The control intervention included:
  • usual care


Contamination of control group: not reported
Outcomes No primary outcome was identified. QoL outcomes included:
  • global HRQoL, assessed using the

    • QLQ‐C30

    • QLQ‐BR23

  • fatigue, assessed using the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire


Outcomes were measured at baseline and end of intervention, but the number of individuals by treatment group at each time point was not reported
Subgroup analysis: none reported
Adverse events: not reported
Notes Country: Brazil
Funding: none reported
Published as 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 Allocation to the intervention was not concealed from the study personnel
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