Cochrane · systematic review · CD009933

Formal education of patients about to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Gurusamy, KS, Vaughan, J, Davidson, BR · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 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 4 · 100%Low 0 · 0%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

Patient education compared with no patient education for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Population: patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
3 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Patient knowledge
Patient education vs no patient education
no estimate extracted3 studies · 338 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Patient satisfaction
Patient education vs no patient education
no estimate extracted2 studies · 305 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Patient anxiety
Patient education vs no patient education
no estimate extracted1 study · 76 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias

Patient education with repeat‐back compared with patient education without repeat‐back for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Population: patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
1 question
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Patient knowledge
Patient education with repeat‐back vs patient education without repeat‐back
no estimate extracted1 study · 173 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias