Analysis of reporting completeness in exercise cancer trials: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise is an effective therapeutic intervention for cancer survivors. Concerns about the completeness of reporting of exercise interventions have been raised in the literature, but without any formal analysis. This study aimed to evaluate the completeness of reporting of exercise interventions for cancer survivors in a large sample of randomized clinical trials (RCTs).

Methods

We developed a pre-defined protocol. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL for exercise trials in oncology between 2010 and 2017. Pairs of independent researchers screened the records, extracted study characteristics, and assessed 16 items on the TIDieR checklist (i.e., the 12 items, with item 5 divided into two and item 8 divided into four). For each of these items, the percentage of i

SUBMITTER: Meneses-Echavez JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889190 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature