| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT; 2 groups, stratification for age, cancer stage and adjuvant therapy received |
| Participants |
86 stage 0 to II sedentary breast cancer patients post‐treatment |
| Interventions |
Exercise: moderate‐intensity home‐based activities, 55% to 65% HRmax. 10 mins twice/week increasing to 30 mins at least 5 days/week over 12 weeks. Weekly phone calls during exercise.
Control: weekly phone call to monitor symptoms |
| Outcomes |
Body composition
Activity levels
1‐mile walk
Motivational readiness for exercise
Mood
Fatigue
Body esteem |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to increase physical activity, fitness; improve mood, physical symptoms and body esteem |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
"randomized" but method not stated |
| 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 |
