Cochrane · systematic review · CD000994

Home care by outreach nursing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Wong, CX, Carson, KV, Smith, BJ · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2012 · Cochrane Library

Airways2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

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.

Questions and results

Current version only

Home care outreach nursing for patients with COPD

Population: patients with COPD
CD000994.PUB3 (current) · 3 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Mortality
OR 0.72 [0.45, 1.15]5 studies · 711 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
SGRQ Total SGRQ (Total) Score. Scale from: 0 to 100. Lower score indicates better quality of life.
no estimate extracted4 studies · 587 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Hospitalisation
OR 1.01 [0.71, 1.44]5 studies · 686 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias

Home care outreach nursing for patients with COPD

Population: patients with COPD
CD000994.PUB2 · 3 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Mortality
OR 0.72 [0.45, 1.15]5 studies · 711 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
SGRQ Total SGRQ (Total) Score. Scale from: 0 to 100. Lower score indicates better quality of life.
no estimate extracted4 studies · 587 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Hospitalisation
OR 1.01 [0.71, 1.44]5 studies · 686 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias