Cochrane · systematic review · CD012296
Singing for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
McNamara, RJ, Epsley, C, Coren, E, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · 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 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
Comparison
Population: people with stable COPD
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Health‐related quality of life (respiratory specific) St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ; total score) Scale from 0‐100 Lower value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 58 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Health‐related quality of life (generic) SF‐36 (Physical Component Summary (PCS) score) Scale from 0‐100 Higher value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 52 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Health‐related quality of life (generic) SF‐36 (Mental Component Sumary (MCS) score) Scale from 0‐100 Higher value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in health‐related quality of life | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 52 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Dyspnoea Basal Dyspnea Index (BDI) (score) Scale from 0‐12 Higher value post intervention is favourable, indicating improvement in dyspnoea | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |