Cochrane · systematic review · CD005305
Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Puhan, MA, Gimeno‐Santos, E, Cates, CJ, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · 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
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 1 · 25%High 2 · 50%
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
Pulmonary rehabilitation versus usual care
Population: participants with COPD who had experienced a recent exacerbation
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital readmission (to end of Pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care | OR 0.44 [0.21, 0.91] | 8 studies · 810 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Mortality (to end of Pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care | OR 0.68 [0.28, 1.67] | 6 studies · 670 participants | Low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Health‐related quality of life: St George's Respiratory Questionnaire ‐ SGRQ: total score (to end of Pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 1003 participants | High |
Change from baseline in 6‐minute walking test (to end of Pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 13 studies · 819 participants | High |