| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT; 2 groups |
| Participants |
11 stage II‐IV breast cancer patients reporting cancer‐related fatigue and having received adjuvant therapy within past year |
| Interventions |
Exercise: Tai Chi, initial instruction and supporting video, then home‐based 3 times/week for 6 weeks. Weekly phone calls.
Control: walking booklet, advised to walk 3 times/week for 6 weeks. Weekly phone calls. |
| Outcomes |
Fatigue
Body composition
6‐minute walk test
Physical well‐being
Emotional well‐being
Social/family well‐being |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to improve fatigue and body mass index |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"randomized...by the use of a table of random numbers" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not stated |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Blinding not done |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Number of participants varies with no explanation |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Fatigue outcome reported |
