Question · asked by 1 review

SCS treatment for 7 or fewer days vs SCS treatment: QoL

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
SCS treatment for 7 or fewer days vs SCS treatment
Health‐related quality of life (QOL) Overall score (includes activity limitations, symptoms, fatigue, emotional functioning); scale 0 best to 6 worst; minimum important difference 0.5 · patients with acute exacerbations of COPD
Different durations of corticosteroid therapy for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted1 study · 271 participantsModerate
SCS treatment for 7 or fewer days vs SCS treatment
Health‐related quality of life (QOL) Overall score (includes activity limitations, symptoms, fatigue, emotional functioning); scale 0 best to 6 worst; minimum important difference 0.5 · patients with acute exacerbations of COPD
Different durations of corticosteroid therapy for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD006897.PUB3, superseded
no estimate extracted1 study · 271 participantsModerate

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Different durations of corticosteroid therapy for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.