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No studies found 104 · 31.2%GRADE not reported 44 · 13.2%Very low 66 · 19.8%Low 57 · 17.1%Moderate 45 · 13.5%High 17 · 5.1%

Weight loss vs control

Incontinence‐specific quality of life · adults with urinary incontinence

1 finding from 1 review

Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of urinary incontinence in adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 40 participants
Low

Summary of findings (water exercise vs no exercise

Quality of life St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Water‐based exercise training for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
19 participants
Low

Pursed lip breathing vs no breathing exercises

Health‐related quality of life Dyspnoea domain of Hiratsuka scale Scores range from 0 to 100, with lower scores indicating less shortness of breath · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Breathing exercises for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 60 participants
Low

Summary of findings (water exercise vs land exercise)

QoL · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 finding from 1 review

Water‐based exercise training for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
60 participants
Low

Doxycycline vs prednisolone

Quality of life (DLQI) adjusted for baseline DLQI, disease severity, age, Karnovsky score, baseline versus week 52. A lower score is more favourable. · bullous pemphigoid

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for bullous pemphigoid 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 234 participants
High

Yoga vs an active intervention

Bothersomeness of symptoms at short term (6 weeks) Measured by the Overactive Bladder Symptom and Quality of Life‐Short Form (OABq‐SF) (lower = better) · women with urge‐predominant urinary incontinence

1 finding from 1 review

Yoga for treating urinary incontinence in women 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low

Caffeine reduction vs control

Condition‐specific quality of life ICIQ Overactive Bladder Symptoms Quality of Life. Scale from: 25 to 160. Better quality of life indicated by lower values. · adults with urinary incontinence

1 finding from 1 review

Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of urinary incontinence in adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 11 participants
Very low

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (disease‐specific) Scale from 0 to 100; lower score indicates better HRQoL. SGRQ total score consists of weighted scores from 3 domains · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

1 finding from 1 review

Airway clearance techniques for bronchiectasis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 20 participants
Low

Etanercept vs placebo

CDLQI Scores range from 0 to 30. Lower scores indicate better health‐related quality of life. Calculations are based on the change from baseline to week 12 in both groups · people with paediatric psoriasis

1 finding from 1 review

Anti‐TNF agents for paediatric psoriasis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 211 participants
Moderate

Group 1 Pulmonary arterial hypertension ‐ PDE5i vs placebo

QoL · pulmonary arterial hypertension

1 finding from 1 review

Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 163 participants
GRADE not reported

Yoga vs no specific active intervention

Quality of life (IIQ scores) · women with either stress‐predominant or urge‐predominant urinary incontinence

1 finding from 1 review

Yoga for treating urinary incontinence in women 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 18 participants
Very low

tDCS vs sham tDCS

Health‐related quality of life (mental) · Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for idiopathic Parkinson's disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 25 participants
Very low

tDCS vs sham tDCS

Health‐related quality of life (physical) · Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for idiopathic Parkinson's disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 25 participants
Very low

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (respiratory specific) St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ; total score) Scale from 0‐100 Lower value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life · people with stable COPD

1 finding from 1 review

Singing for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 58 participants
Low

Behavioural intervention vs usual care or no treatment

Health status and quality of life · people with stroke and urinary incontinence

Behavioural interventions showed no clear difference in health status and quality of life assessed by Bristol Female Lower… compared with usual care or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for treating urinary incontinence after stroke in adults 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 55 participants
Low

Less intensive vs more intensive follow‐up after primary cancer treatment

Health‐related quality of life · adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colorectal, head‐and‐neck, Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, non‐small cell lung…

1 finding from 1 review

Follow‐up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2742 participants
Very low

Non‐specialist‐led vs specialist‐led follow‐up after primary cancer treatment

Health‐related quality of life, (at 12 months' · adult cancer survivors from the following cancer sites: breast, colon, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, cervical, melanoma and oesophageal

Non‐specialist‐led showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life, (at 12 months' compared with specialist‐led follow‐up after primary cancer treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Follow‐up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
MD 1.06
605 participants
Low

PAE vs sham

Quality of life · men with lower urinary tract symptoms suggesting benign prostatic hyperplasia

1 finding from 1 review

Prostatic arterial embolization for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 80 participants
Moderate

High vs low blood pressure target

Quality of life · adults undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

It is very uncertain whether high changes quality of life compared with low blood pressure target (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

High versus low blood pressure targets for cardiac surgery while on cardiopulmonary bypass 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.78 [0.3, 2.01]
1 study · 218 participants
Very low

Transurethral microwave thermotherapy vs transurethral resection of the prostate

Quality of life · men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic obstruction

1 finding from 1 review

Transurethral microwave thermotherapy for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 136 participants
Moderate