Cochrane · systematic review · CD011716

Ambulatory and short‐burst oxygen for interstitial lung disease

Sharp, C, Adamali, H, Millar, AB · 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 4 · 100%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

Ambulatory oxygen versus air in interstitial lung disease

Population: people with ILD
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
6‐minute walk test distance (6MWT) (m)
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
no estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness
Endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) (m)
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
no estimate extracted1 study · 6 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness
Dyspnoea (modified Borg score) Higher scores show worse dyspnoea.
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
no estimate extracted1 study · 20 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness
Endurance time on constant load ergometry (s)
Ambulatory oxygen vs air
no estimate extracted1 study · 72 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness