| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT (wait list control); 2 groups |
| Participants |
102 colorectal cancer survivors following surgery within past 3 months |
| Interventions |
Exercise: personalised home‐based cardiovascular and flexibility programme lasting 16 weeks. Received a weekly phone call.
Control: no intervention, requested not to commence a structured exercise programme |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life
Fatigue
Depression
Anxiety
Cardiovascular fitness
Body composition
Flexibility |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 3
Main purpose of exercise: to improve quality of life |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"participants were randomly assigned to an exercise group or wait‐list control group using a random‐numbers table" |
| 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 |
