Cochrane · systematic review · CD009535
Home versus in‐centre haemodialysis for people with kidney failure
Cheetham, MS, Ethier, I, Krishnasamy, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2024 · Cochrane Library
Kidney and TransplantAMSTAR 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
12
current version
GRADE rated
10
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 8.3%Ungraded 1 · 8.3%Very low 8 · 66.7%Low 2 · 16.7%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
Summary of findings
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Cardiovascular death | RR 0.92 [0.8, 1.07] | 2 studies · 30900 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
All‐cause death | RR 0.8 [0.67, 0.95] | 9 studies · 58984 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Hospitalisation | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
All‐cause annual hospitalisation rate (admissions/patient‐year) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 834 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
All‐cause annual hospitalisation days (days/patient‐year) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 834 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Received kidney transplantation | RR 1.28 [1.01, 1.63] | 6 studies · 10910 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Physical Component Summary | SMD 0.42 [0.1, 0.73] | 5 studies · 922 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Mental Component Summary | SMD 0.1 | 5 studies · 922 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Recovery time (hours) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 348 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Blood pressure7 | no estimate extracted | 7 participants | Ungraded |
Systolic BP (mm Hg) | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 491 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | MD 1.81 | 3 studies · 383 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |