Review Article
Massage Therapy for Fatigue Management in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Descriptive Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Table 4
Methodological quality appraisal of the included studies.
| | Criteria | S1: [33] | S2: [29] | S3: [25] | S4: [27] | S5: [32] | S6: [22] | S7: [31] | S8: [26] | S9: [23] | S10: [24] |
| 1 | Random sequence generation | ⨯ | ✓ | ✓ | ⨯ | ⨯ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | Allocation concealment | ? | ? | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ⨯ | ⨯ | 3 | Baseline assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | Blinding – participants | ? | ? | ⨯ | ? | ? | ⨯ | ✓ | ⨯ | ? | ? | 5 | Blinding – care provider | ? | ? | ⨯ | ? | ? | ⨯ | ✓ | ⨯ | ? | ? | 6 | Blinding – outcome | ? | ? | ✓ | ? | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ⨯ | ? | ? | 7 | Cointerventions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⨯ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | Compliance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ⨯ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | Dropouts | ⨯ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⨯ | 10 | Timing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 11 | Selective outcome reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 12 | Incomplete outcome data | ⨯ | ⨯ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ⨯ | ⨯ | ⨯ | 13 | Other bias | | | | | | | | | | | | Sample size calculation | ? | ? | ✓ | ⨯ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ⨯ | ⨯ | | Inclusion criteria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Exclusion criteria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Evaluation of treatment effects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Adverse events reporting | ⨯ | ⨯ | ✓ | ? | ? | ? | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? | | Data analysis methods | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Note. ⨯: high risk; ✓: low risk; and ?: unclear.
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