Cochrane · systematic review · CD003000
Education interventions for adults who attend the emergency room for acute asthma
Tapp, S, Lasserson, TJ, Rowe, BH · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2007 · Cochrane Library
AirwaysAMSTAR 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 2 · 66.7%Moderate 0 · 0%High 1 · 33.3%
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
Educational interventions for adults who attend the emergency room for acute asthma
Population: Adults who attend the emergency room for acute asthma
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital admission/re‐admission | RR 0.5 [0.27, 0.91] | 5 studies · 572 participants | High |
Presentation at emergency department | RR 0.72 [0.47, 1.11] | 8 studies · 946 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of life (SGRQ) ‐ Total scores SGRQ units. Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 356 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |