Physical activity interventions to improve daily walking activity in cancer survivors

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Methodological quality of the included studies

Item→ ↓Study	Eligibility	Randomly allocated	Concealed allocation	Similar at baseline	Blinding of assessors	Measures from more than 85%	Intention-to-treat	Between group comparison	Point-estimates and measures of variability	Total items reported
Irwin[24]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	9
Rogers [25]	+	+	+	+	?	+	+	+	+	8
Vallence [26]	+	+	+	+	?	+	+	+	+	8
Matthews [27]	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	7
[Knols RH, de Bruin ED, Uebelhart D, Aufdemkampe G, Schanz U, Stenner-Liewen F, Hitz F, Taverna C, Aaronson NK. Effects of an outpatient physical exercise program in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: a randomized clinical trial, Unpublished]	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	9
Total items	5	5	4	5	2	5	5	5	5

+; met criteria on PEDro-scale, -; did not met criteria on PEDro-scale, ?; don't know.

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