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557 questions in 64 reviews · Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

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No studies 557 · 100%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

QuestionEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Engagement of community leaders vs routine care
Proportion of children who received all recommended vaccines by 2 years of age · children under 5 years of age
Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Resource use or economic outcomes during hospital stay · health professionals providing care to patients with stroke
Interventions for the uptake of evidence‐based recommendations in acute stroke settings (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health professional knowledge at 90 d · health professionals providing care to patients with stroke
Interventions for the uptake of evidence‐based recommendations in acute stroke settings (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 6. Patients, caregivers, and providers described a number of privacy and confidentiality issues when services were provided at home. These included the increased privacy of being able to exercise at home but also the loss of privacy when e...
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 7. Patients regarded in‐person home‐based rehabilitation and telerehabilitation services as convenient and less disruptive of everyday activities.
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 9. Healthcare providers highlighted the importance of personalising the service to each patient’s needs and resources at home.
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 10. Patients, caregivers, healthcare providers and other stakeholders described how telerehabilitation changed the nature of the patient‐provider relationship. This included overcoming physical barriers to communication and enabling quick ...
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 11. Healthcare providers and patients described some aspects of telerehabilitation services at home as challenging. Healthcare providers described problems in assessing patients, their environment, and whether they were performing exercise...
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Finding 12. Patients, caregivers, healthcare providers and other stakeholders regarded telerehabilitation as an opportunity to make rehabilitation services more accessible.
Factors that influence the provision of home‐based rehabilitation services for people needing… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Deterioration to severe wasting · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate identification of children with wasting · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate identification of children with oedema · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate referral of children with moderate or severe wasting · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Treatment coverage · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Caregiver adherence to care plans · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse effects and other harms · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Sustained recovery · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Relapse · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Deterioration to severe wasting · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate identification of children with wasting · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate identification of children with oedema · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Appropriate referral of children with moderate or severe wasting · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Caregiver adherence to care plans · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse effects and other harms · children aged > 6 months and < 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Sustained recovery · children aged > 6 months and ≤ 5 years with wasting
Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health: identification and… (2023) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being vs usual centralised and hierarchical leadership
Professional practice · healthcare professionals
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being (2022) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being vs usual centralised and hierarchical leadership
Health care outcomes · healthcare professionals
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being (2022) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being vs usual centralised and hierarchical leadership
Staff well‐being · healthcare professionals
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being (2022) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being vs usual centralised and hierarchical leadership
Unintended consequences · healthcare professionals
Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well‐being (2022) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 1. Educational meetings as a single intervention or as the main component of a multi‐faceted intervention vs no intervention
Compliance with desired practice (Yes/No ‐ dichotomous outcomes · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 2. Educational meetings alone vs other interventions
Compliance with desired practice (measured on a continuous scale) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 2. Educational meetings alone vs other interventions
Patient outcomes · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 3. Interactive educational meetings vs didactic (lecture‐based) educational meetings
Compliance with desired practice (Yes/No ‐ dichotomous outcomes) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 3. Interactive educational meetings vs didactic (lecture‐based) educational meetings
Compliance with desired practice (measured on a continuous scale) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 3. Interactive educational meetings vs didactic (lecture‐based) educational meetings
Patient outcomes · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 3. Interactive educational meetings vs didactic (lecture‐based) educational meetings
Dichotomous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 3. Interactive educational meetings vs didactic (lecture‐based) educational meetings
Continuous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Compliance with desired practice (Yes/No ‐ dichotomous outcomes) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Compliance with desired practice (measured on a continuous scale) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Patient outcomes · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Dichotomous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Continuous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 1. Educational meetings as a single intervention or as the main component of a multi‐faceted intervention vs no intervention
Compliance with desired practice (measured on a continuous scale) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 1. Educational meetings as a single intervention or as the main component of a multi‐faceted intervention vs no intervention
Patient outcomes · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 1. Educational meetings as a single intervention or as the main component of a multi‐faceted intervention vs no intervention
Dichotomous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 1. Educational meetings as a single intervention or as the main component of a multi‐faceted intervention vs no intervention
Continuous · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Comparison 2. Educational meetings alone vs other interventions
Compliance with desired practice (Yes/No ‐ dichotomous outcomes) · health personnel
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Early warning systems (EWS) and rapid response systems (RRS) vs usual care
Length of hospital stay – non‐randomised studies · adult on acute hospital wards at risk of clinical deterioration
Early warning systems and rapid response systems for the prevention of patient deterioration on acute adult… (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Early warning systems (EWS) and rapid response systems (RRS) vs usual care
ICU readmission – randomised trials · adult on acute hospital wards at risk of clinical deterioration
Early warning systems and rapid response systems for the prevention of patient deterioration on acute adult… (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Early warning systems (EWS) and rapid response systems (RRS) vs usual care
ICU readmission – non‐randomised studies · adult on acute hospital wards at risk of clinical deterioration
Early warning systems and rapid response systems for the prevention of patient deterioration on acute adult… (2021) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies