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Table 1 Methodological quality assessment tool and quality score of the included studies (n = 18)

From: Determinants of exercise adherence and maintenance among cancer survivors: a systematic review

  

Exercise intervention adherence

Exercise maintenance after completion of an intervention

 
  

Pre

During

   

After

    

During/after

       

Items/reference

 

[39]

[40]

[42]

[43]

[41]

[45]

[47]

[44]

[46]

[48]

[49]

[50]

[56]

[53]

[52]

[51]

[55]

[54]

Score (%)

Study population and participation

Topic

                   

A. Description of cancer type, stage and treatment

I

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100

B. Description of inclusion and exclusion criteria

I

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

100

C. Positive if the participation rate at baseline was at least 80%, or if the non-response was not selectivea

V/P

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

?

0

0

1

0

0

16

Study attrition

                    

D. Number of patients included in the analysis ≥100

V

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

26

E. Positive if the response at first follow-up was at least 80%, or if the non-response at first follow-up was not selectiveb

V/P

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

80

Data collection

                    

F. Positive if determinants of adherence were measured with a reliable toolc

V/P

0.5

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.7

63

G. Positive if determinants of adherence were measured with a valid toold

V/P

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.2

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.4

0

0

0

40

H. Adherence was measured by an objective toole

V/P

1

1

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

37

Data analysis

                    

I. Multivariate analysis techniques was used.

V/P

0

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

1

38

J. Results were presented as point estimates (mean differences/Beta’s/correlation coefficients) and measures of variability (SD, standard error or CI)

I

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

37

K. Positive if number of samples is at least 10 times the number of independent variables

V/P

0

1

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

42

Total quality score (%) f

 

22

78

51

47

28

67

64

57

54

29

59

55

68

55

52

43

31

21

 
  1. 1, study provided information on the quality item and met the criterion; 0, study provided information on the quality item but did not meet the criterion; ?,study provided no or insufficient information on the quality item.
  2. I: informativeness; V: validity/P: precision. aattrition analyses were performed and results showed no significant differences between baseline study sample and population of eligible subjects; battrition analyses were performed and results showed no significant differences between dropouts and follow‒up participants; cassociated factors showed internal consistency of Cronbach's alpha ≥0.70 or test‒retest correlations of ≥0.80 or κ/ICC ≥0.70. For clinical factors a standardized protocol was followed by trained researchers; dassociated factors showed correlations of ≥0.80 or κ/ICC ≥0.70 with similar constructs. For physical variables (i.e., past physical activity and past sedentary behavior) an objective measurement instrument (i.e., accelerometer/pedometer) was used. For clinical variables a standardized protocol was followed by trained researchers; eFor walking interventions: adherence or maintenance was measured by accelerometer or pedometer read out by the researcher. For supervised exercise : the trainer reported presence of the participant; fthe number of items scored positively on the validity/precision (V/P) criteria divided by the total number of validity/precision criteria (i.e. 8).
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