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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
729 questions in 45 reviews · Consumers and Communication
current versionsNo studies 188 · 25.8%Ungraded 93 · 12.8%Very low 155 · 21.3%Low 189 · 25.9%Moderate 90 · 12.3%High 14 · 1.9%
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.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention NR Coping with the caring role · 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 extracted | 7 studies · 738 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Quality of life · 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 extracted | 6 studies · 631 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Physical health: sleep quality · 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 extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
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 extracted | NR | No 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 extracted | NR | No 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 extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Knowledge and understanding of cancer/treatment Patients and relatives · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 156 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Trait anxiety STAI (T). Scale from: 0 to 60. Patients · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 110 participants | Low |
Intervention NR State anxiety STAI‐S. Scale from: 0 to 60. Patients · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 188 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Distress POMS‐TMDS (unclear range of scores) Patients · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 188 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Depression BSI Patients · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 304 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Satisfaction by patients and relatives · patients and carers Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 85 participants | Low |
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 extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR All clinical conditions (binary outcomes) Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 44 studies · 6041 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR All clinical conditions (continuous outcomes) Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 158 studies · 10525 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Pain [2] (continuous outcomes) Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 60 studies · 4154 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Nausea [2] (continuous outcomes) Â Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 452 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Depression [2] (continuous outcomes) Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 324 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Other outcomes [2] (continuous outcomes) Smoking, dementia, obesity, hypertension, insomnia, anxiety, asthma, phobia) Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions (2010) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 41 studies · 1317 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Satisfaction with mental health services (consumer influence on resource utilisation) · Mental health patients Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 650 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Refusal to participate (participation rates of consumers) · Patients with Gulf War veterans' illness Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1092 participants | Low |
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 extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Healthcare priorities (consumer influence on decisions) · Consumers of a community organization Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 29 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Anxiety (consumer influence on healthcare outcomes) · patients undergoing endoscopy or patients who receive PCA Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 335 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Satisfaction with information material (consumers' satisfaction with products resulting from consumer involvement) · patients undergoing endoscopy or patients who receive PCA Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 335 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Knowledge of patient‐controlled analgesia (consumer influence on healthcare outcomes) · patients undergoing endoscopy or patients who receive PCA Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 100 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Understanding (consumer influence on healthcare outcomes) Informed Consent Questionnaire‐4. Scale from: 0 to 1. ( · Patients with Gulf War veterans' illness Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1092 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Satisfaction (consumer satisfaction resulting from consumer involvement) · Patients with Gulf War veterans' illness Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1092 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Adherence (participation rates of consumers) · Patients with Gulf War veterans' illness Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines… (2006) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1092 participants | Low |