Rogers 2009.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT; 2 groups | |
Participants | 37 patients with breast cancer receiving hormone therapy, all other adjuvant therapy complete | |
Interventions | Exercise: aerobic walking, supervised session once/week for 12 weeks in an individual basis in addition to home‐based walking. Supervised sessions also included behaviour change counselling. Participants aimed to achieve 150 minutes of walking/week. Control: usual care plus received written material relating to physical activity |
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Outcomes | Fatigue Aerobic fitness Strength Body composition Physical activity Diet Endocrine symptoms Cognitive function Sleep dysfunction Pain Lower extremity function |
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Notes | Methodological quality score: 3 Main purpose of exercise: to increase physical activity | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | "Randomization was computer generated" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "...and kept in sealed envelopes until randomization" ‐ not clear as envelopes not stated as "opaque" |
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 |