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249 questions · 267 findings · 154 reviews

No studies found 32 · 12%GRADE not reported 32 · 12%Very low 72 · 27%Low 71 · 26.6%Moderate 54 · 20.2%High 6 · 2.2%

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (generic) SF‐36 (Mental Component Sumary (MCS) score) Scale from 0‐100 Higher value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life · people with stable COPD
1 finding from 1 review

Home fall‐hazard reduction vs control (e.g. usual activities)

QoL · older people living in the community (included trials conducting pre‐ and/or post‐hospital discharge home visits focusing on fall…

Home fall‐hazard reduction showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life SMD was calculated from 4 studies… compared with control (e.g. usual care) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Assistive technology for vision improvement interventions vs usual care or attention control

Health‐related quality of life ‐ all trials Higher scores indicate improved health‐related quality of life · Older people living in the community

Assistive technology for vision improvement interventions showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life 1 trial of single‐lens glasses… compared with usual care or attention control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Advance care planning vs usual care

Quality of communication Measured on Quality of Patient‐Clinician Communication About End‐of‐Life Care. Higher score indicates high satisfaction with the quality of communication Assessed after intervention · people with heart failure with or without their surrogate decision‐makers/carers
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (generic) SF‐36 (Physical Component Summary (PCS) score) Scale from 0‐100 Higher value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life · people with stable COPD
1 finding from 1 review

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy vs placebo

Short‐term (1 week) change in quality of life scores related to communication as measured by validated communication assessments Functional Independence Measure (total). Scale from: 0 to 126. Higher scores indicate less disability · people with speech disorder resulting from hereditary ataxias
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Primary outcome 2: participant‐ or parent‐rated family quality of life score at the end of active treatment Scale used: DFI, FDLQI. On those scales, the higher the score, the more severely the quality of life is affected Duration of · male and female patients 0 to 55 years of age with physician‐diagnosed eczema
1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings for the main comparison: comprehensive care programmes vs usual care

Parent health, functioning, and quality of life Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) (higher scores = more of the outcome of interest, which can mean improvement or deterioration depending on the outcome) · children with medical complexity
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

SF‐36 social function. Domain of SF‐36 considered representative of quality of life: mental health domain largely covered by depression and anxiety above: scale of 0‐100. Higher score indicated improved social function. Mean duration of · people with chronic hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Global quality of life score Multiple measures used. WHO‐Five‐Wellbeing Index (Ledderer 2013) FACT‐G total score (Northouse 2007). Additional study (reported in comments section): SF20 subscales (Blanchard 1996). Higher scores indicate better QoL · informal caregivers of people affected by cancer
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Quality of life (QoL) We reported this outcome narratively in this review. Here, long‐term results (i.e., at the end of treatment) are presented. In the comparison PAZ versus SUN, QoL was measured using FACIT‐F (score range 0‐52; higher scores rep... · people with a confirmed diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma (combined risk groups) without previous systemic anticancer therapy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Primary outcome 2: participant‐ or parent‐rated participant quality of life score at the end of active treatment Scales used: DLQI, IDQoL, Skindex‐29, CDLQI. On those scales, the higher the score, the more severely the quality of life is affected ... · male and female patients 0 to 55 years of age with physician‐diagnosed eczema
1 finding from 1 review

Neuronavigation image‐guided surgery vs surgery

Quality of life · high‐grade glioma

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

2 findings from 2 reviews · compare the 2 reviews

iMRI image‐guided surgery vs surgery

Quality of life · high‐grade glioma

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

2 findings from 2 reviews · compare the 2 reviews