Ambulatory oxygen vs air
Six‐minute walk distance · people with ILD
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory and short‐burst oxygen for interstitial lung disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
10 questions · 10 findings · 2 reviews
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 3 · 30%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 50%Moderate 2 · 20%High 0 · 0%
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
Endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) (m) · people with ILD
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory and short‐burst oxygen for interstitial lung disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 6 participantsLow
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
Dyspnea · people with ILD
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory and short‐burst oxygen for interstitial lung disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
Endurance time on constant load ergometry (s) · people with ILD
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory and short‐burst oxygen for interstitial lung disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 72 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Exercise capacity (5‐ or 6‐minute walking distance on cylinder air) · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted4 studies · 331 participantsGRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Mortality · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
The intervention showed no clear difference in mortality (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 4.17 [0.48, 36.3]2 studies · 179 participantsModerate
Intervention not reported
Quality of life (dyspnoea) Measured on the CRQ, the output is a number from 0 to 7, where higher on the scale is better. MID is 0.5. · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
The intervention probably leads to higher quality of life (dyspnoea) Measured on the CRQ, the output is a… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyMD 0.28 [0.1, 0.45]4 studies · 341 participantsModerate
Intervention not reported
Dyspnoea · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 198 participantsGRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Adverse events · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
The intervention showed no clear difference in adverse events (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyOR 0.77 [0.21, 2.81]2 studies · 83 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Hospitalisations · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment
1 finding from 1 review
- Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsGRADE not reported