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

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
Outcomes Fatigue
Aerobic fitness
Strength
Body composition
Physical activity
Diet
Endocrine symptoms
Cognitive function
Sleep dysfunction
Pain
Lower extremity function
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