Research Article
Effects of Yoga on Psychological Health, Quality of Life, and Physical Health of Patients with Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Methodological quality of analyzed studies.
| PEDro criteria | Danhauer et al., 2009 [17] | Raghavendra et al., 2009 [18] | Rao et al., 2009 [19] | Lengacher et al., 2009 [20] | Banerjee et al., 2007 [21] | Moadel et al., 2007 [22] | Culos-reed et al., 2006 [23] | Monti et al., 2006 [24] | Cohen et al., 2004 [25] | Speca et al., 2000 [26] |
| (1) Eligibility criteria (not included in score) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (2) Random allocation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | (3) Concealed allocation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (4) Baseline comparability | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (5) Blind subjects | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (6) Blind therapists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (7) Blind assessors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (8) Adequate followup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (9) Intention-to-treat analysis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | (10) Between-group comparisons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (11) Point estimates and variability | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5/10 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 7/10 | 6/10 | 5/10 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 5/10 |
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