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

Oh 2010.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT; 2 group; stratified by treatment (ongoing or complete)
Participants 108 cancer patients with various diagnoses and at various stages of treatment
Interventions Exercise: Qigong, supervised groups, 2 sessions/week for 10 weeks, 90 mins/session and practice at home for 30 minutes/day
Control: usual care, asked to refrain from joining a Qigong class
Outcomes Fatigue
Quality of life
Mood
Inflammation
Notes Methodological quality score: 2
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 "Randomization, by computer, was stratified by treatment at baseline"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Not done
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