| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT; 2 groups |
| Participants |
38 stage IV breast cancer patients due to initiate chemotherapy |
| Interventions |
Exercise: 30‐min seated exercises, 3 times/week with at least 1 day between each session. Consisted of 5‐min warm‐up, 20‐min moderate intensity repetitive motion exercises, 5‐min cool down.
Control: no intervention |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life
Fatigue |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to improve quality of life and reduce fatigue |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"Participants were assigned randomly to either the control or intervention group by computer" |
| 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 |
Low risk |
All participants were accounted for |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Fatigue outcome reported |
