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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

63 questions · 65 findings · 13 reviews · Airways · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 13 · 20%GRADE not reported 1 · 1.5%Very low 27 · 41.5%Low 20 · 30.8%Moderate 4 · 6.2%High 0 · 0%

Multi‐component intervention vs other treatments/routine care

Exacerbations (number of people experiencing ≥ 1 exacerbations) · the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

It is very uncertain whether multi‐component intervention changes exacerbations: number of people experiencing at least one exacerbation compared with other intervention or routine, usual care or control treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention vs usual care

Exacerbations (number of people experiencing ≥ 1 exacerbations) · COPD and at least one other long‐term condition

It is very uncertain whether intervention changes exacerbations ‐ number of people experiencing one or more  compared with usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Multi‐component intervention vs other treatments/routine care

Number experiencing adverse effects · the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

It is very uncertain whether multi‐component intervention changes adverse events: number of people experiencing an AE compared with other intervention or routine, usual care or control treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Multi‐component intervention vs other treatments/routine care

Number of participants experiencing any serious adverse events · the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Multi‐component intervention showed no clear difference in adverse events: number of people experiencing a serious adverse event compared with other intervention or routine, usual care or control treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils vs tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms

Exacerbations · people with asthma

Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils probably leads to lower number of participants who had one or more exacerbations over the… compared with tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review