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

Payne 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT; 2 groups
Participants 18 patients with breast cancer
Interventions Exercise: aerobic, unsupervised, home‐based walking at a moderate intensity for 20 minutes, 4 times/week for 12 weeks
Control: usual care
Outcomes Fatigue
Depression
Sleep disturbance
Biomarkers
Exercise
Notes Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to reduce fatigue, sleep disturbances and depressive symptoms
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "randomized" but method not described
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 Unclear risk Unclear
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Fatigue outcome reported