Review of systematic reviews of non-pharmacological interventions to improve quality of life in cancer survivors (2017) White (no declared COI), Chald

I only had a very quick look at this, and thought I'd post as it seemed odd that there was no declared COI from White when just a few months earlier Swiss Re were describing his as one of their Chief Medical Officers.

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e015860

I first opened it to see how they dealt with potential problems with bias for self-reported quality of life in these nonblinded trials... I didn't see anything about it. Seems that they may have just ignored that one. Didn't see anything on objective outcomes either, but I really did just skim through a lot of the paragraphs.

There was this in possible reporting bias:

Didn't seem to stop them being confident in their own conclusion though:

 

"Conclusions
Systematic reviews of patients with cancer and their QoL showed that effective interventions included physical activity, CBT and mindfulness-based stress reduction training."

The conclusions drawn appear to be the panacea for all ills - or is White simply a 'one trick pony'?

OK, so I was looking for an excuse to use the equine emoji, guilty as charged . . .