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188 questions in 28 reviews · Consumers and Communication

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No studies 188 · 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
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education
Compliance with medication · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education
Health outcomes ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education
Self‐efficacy ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs education by a health professional
Compliance with medication ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs education by a health professional
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs education by a health professional
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs education by a health professional
Self‐efficacy ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Knowledge ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Compliance with medication ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Health outcomes ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs written education and education by a health professional
Self‐efficacy ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs control multimedia
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education and a co‐intervention vs co‐intervention alone
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs no education or usual care
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: multimedia education vs no education or usual care
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications (2013) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Other outcomes · Pregnant women undergoing prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health‐seeking behaviour · Pregnant women undergoing prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Patient's evaluation of the intervention (including perceptions of safety) · Pregnant women undergoing prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Harms & adverse effects · Pregnant women undergoing prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Costs · Pregnant women undergoing prenatal serum screening for Down syndrome
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health outcomes · Various (pregnant women; daily smokers aged 16 and older; university students; children aged 5‐13)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Other outcomes · Various (pregnant women; daily smokers aged 16 and older; university students; children aged 5‐13)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health service utilisation · Various (pregnant women; daily smokers aged 16 and older; university students; children aged 5‐13)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Cost · Various (pregnant women; daily smokers aged 16 and older; university students; children aged 5‐13)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health behaviour outcomes · Various (pregnant women; daily smokers aged 16 and older; university students; children aged 5‐13)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care (2012) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Ability to search for online health information ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Knowledge and understanding of how to find, evaluate and use online health information ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Computer literacy ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health service use · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
CI: Confidence interval · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Harms or adverse events ‐ not reported · patients and carers
Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
MD: Mean difference · Mental health patients
Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies