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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

57 questions · 57 findings · 14 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 11 · 19.3%GRADE not reported 1 · 1.8%Very low 17 · 29.8%Low 15 · 26.3%Moderate 11 · 19.3%High 2 · 3.5%

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

Vitrectomy vs scleral buckling

Quality of life (satisfaction with vision) at least 3 months after operation · people with simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments

It is very uncertain whether pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) changes quality of life (satisfaction with vision) at least 3 months after… compared with scleral buckling (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin

Success rate of replantation1 (analysed by participant) · patients undergoing digital replantation after traumatic amputation

It is very uncertain whether low molecular weight heparin changes success rate of replantation1 (analysed by participant, compared with unfractionated heparin (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin

Success rate of replantation1 (analysed by digit, · patients undergoing digital replantation after traumatic amputation

Low molecular weight heparin showed no clear difference in success rate of replantation1 (analysed by digit, compared with unfractionated heparin (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin

Complication and adverse reactions ‐ wound bleeding (analysed by participant, · patients undergoing digital replantation after traumatic amputation

Low molecular weight heparin showed no clear difference in complication and adverse reactions ‐ wound bleeding (analysed by… compared with unfractionated heparin (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: plantar‐incision neurectomy (PN) vs dorsal‐incision neurectomy (DN)

Satisfaction: 4‐item Likert scale (dichotomised into satisfied and dissatisfied) · Morton's neuroma

Summary of findings: plantar‐incision neurectomy (PN) showed no clear difference in satisfaction: 4‐item Likert scale (dichotomised into satisfied and… compared with dorsal‐incision neurectomy (DN) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Variable‐ vs fixed‐volume implants

Patient satisfaction: correspondence to expectations Number of women reporting correspondence with expectation · women having reconstructive breast surgery

It is very uncertain whether variable‐ changes patient satisfaction: correspondence to expectations Number of women… compared with fixed‐volume implants (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Silicone‐filled vs saline‐filled implants

Patient satisfaction for consistency Number of women satisfied · women having reconstructive breast surgery

It is very uncertain whether silicone‐filled changes patient satisfaction for consistency Number of women satisfied compared with saline‐filled implants (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Satisfaction of patients, care givers and healthcare professionals · patients admitted to hospital with a medical condition (27 trials), with a mix of medical and surgical conditions (4 trials), following a…

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes satisfaction of patients, care givers and healthcare professionals (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs unfractionated heparin

Incidence of compromised microcirculation requiring invasive intervention (re‐exploration) (analysed by digit, · patients undergoing digital replantation after traumatic amputation

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review