Cochrane · systematic review · CD008600
Educational and behavioural interventions for anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation
Clarkesmith, DE, Pattison, HM, Khaing, PH, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
HeartAMSTAR 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 1 · 25%Low 3 · 75%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
Education, self‐monitoring plus education, and decision aids compared to usual care for oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation
Population: oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of time within the therapeutic range Education, self‐monitoring plus education, and decision aids vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 69 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
HADS anxiety Education, self‐monitoring plus education, and decision aids vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 587 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
HADS depression Education, self‐monitoring plus education, and decision aids vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 587 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Decision conflict Education, self‐monitoring plus education, and decision aids vs usual care | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 721 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |