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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

286 questions · 287 findings · 9 reviews · Airways

No studies found 20 · 7%GRADE not reported 24 · 8.4%Very low 11 · 3.8%Low 58 · 20.2%Moderate 139 · 48.4%High 35 · 12.2%

Mepolizumab 100 mg vs placebo

Rate of exacerbations with ED visit or hospitalisations Eosinophilic phenotype · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Mepolizumab 100 mg showed no clear difference in rate of exacerbations with ED visit or hospitalisations Eosinophilic… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mepolizumab 100 mg vs placebo

Rate of exacerbations requiring emergency department treatment or admission · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Mepolizumab 100 mg showed no clear difference in rate of exacerbations with ED visit or hospitalisations All… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Action plan vs usual care

Hospitalisations for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan showed no clear difference in hospitalisations for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Action plan vs usual care

Hospitalisations and emergency visits for COPD/100 patient‐years (action plan + phone · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Action plan leads to lower hospitalisations and emergency visits for COPD/100 patient‐years… compared with usual care (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Number of exacerbations of bronchiectasis Frequency of acute exacerbations of bronchiectasis · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

The intervention showed no clear difference in number of exacerbations of bronchiectasis Frequency of acute… (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Hospitalisations · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

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

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (cough‐specific) Leicester Cough Questionnaire Scale from 0 to 133; higher score indicates better HRQoL. Contains 19 questions from 3 domains on a Likert scale · individuals with stable bronchiectasis
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Health‐related quality of life (health status) COPD Assessment Tool. Scale from 0 to 5; higher score indicates worse HRQoL Contains 10 questions with 5‐point Likert scale · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

The intervention showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life (health status) COPD Assessment Tool.… (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Respiratory symptoms (symptoms) Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale Scale from 0 to 12. Lower score indicates fewer symptoms · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

The intervention showed no clear difference in respiratory symptoms (symptoms) Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum… (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Adverse events (AEs) · individuals with stable bronchiectasis

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review