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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3

Chang 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT; 2 groups, parallel design
Participants 22 patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia, due to commence chemotherapy
Interventions Exercise: walking exercise programme during inpatient CT, 12 minutes of supervised walking on 5 days/week for 3 weeks. Aimed to reach a target intensity of resting heart rate plus 30.
Control: attention control, no additional intervention specific to fatigue
Outcomes Fatigue
Walk distance
Symptom distress
Mood (including anxiety and depression)
Notes Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to reduce fatigue
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "randomized" but method not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Blinding not done
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk All participants were accounted for
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Fatigue outcome reported