Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention vs treatment: Successful quitters (number of abstainers) at the end of the programme (with or without validation by interview, breath test, or alcohol markers)
Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention probably leads to higher successful quitters (number of abstainers) at the end of the… compared with treatment (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention vs treatment Successful quitters (number of abstainers) at the end of the programme (with or without validation by interview, breath test, or alcohol markers) · adult surgical patients consuming 3 or more units of alcohol per day Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention probably leads to higher successful quitters (number of abstainers) at the end of the… compared with treatment (moderate certainty). Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention for postoperative complications (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 8.22 [1.67, 40.44] | 3 studies · 140 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perioperative alcohol cessation intervention for postoperative complications 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.