Cochrane · systematic review · CD007492
Organising healthcare services for persons with an intellectual disability
Balogh, R, McMorris, CA, Lunsky, Y, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library
Effective Practice and Organisation of CareAMSTAR 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
8
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 50%Low 3 · 37.5%Moderate 1 · 12.5%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
Increasing the intensity and frequency of service delivery compared to standard treatment for persons with an intellectual disability
Population: persons with an intellectual disability
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioural problems Increasing the intensity and frequency of service delivery vs standard treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 66 participants | Very low Downgraded: indirectness |
Care giver burden Increasing the intensity and frequency of service delivery vs standard treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 50 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Costs Increasing the intensity and frequency of service delivery vs standard treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 104 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Community‐based specialist behaviour therapy compared to standard treatment for persons with an intellectual disability
Population: persons with an intellectual disability
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioural problems Community‐based specialist behaviour therapy vs standard treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 63 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Costs Community‐based specialist behaviour therapy vs standard treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 63 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Outreach treatment compared to hospital treatment for persons with an intellectual disability
Population: persons with an intellectual disability
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Behavioural problems Outreach treatment vs hospital treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 49 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Care giver burden Outreach treatment vs hospital treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 49 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Costs Outreach treatment vs hospital treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 49 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |