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 |
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Outcomes | Fatigue Walk distance Symptom distress Mood (including anxiety and depression) |
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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 |