Cochrane · systematic review · CD012907
Tracking health commodity inventory and notifying stock levels via mobile devices: a mixed methods systematic review
Agarwal, S, Glenton, C, Henschke, N, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Effective Practice and Organisation of CareAMSTAR 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
18
current version
GRADE rated
14
No studies
4
Included studies
NR
No studies 4 · 22.2%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 14 · 77.8%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
Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management compared to standard care
Population: healthcare workers and other health professionals involved in commodity or stock management
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of cotrimoxazole to treat bacterial infections) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | RR 0.96 [0.49, 1.9] | 171 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of artemether‐lumefantrine 2 X 6 to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium facilparum) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | RR 0.72 [0.36, 1.44] | 171 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of oral rehydration salts (ORS) to treat dehydration) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | RR 1.01 [0.61, 1.69] | 171 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of zinc 20 mg to treat diarrhoea) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | RR 0.99 [0.56, 1.78] | 171 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of data about stock management (assessed by the extent to which HSAs (intervention group participants) sent messages about the stocks on hand for all the products they managed) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 393 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Time between stock‐level reporting and appropriate action (measured over an 18‐month period (January 2012 to June 2013) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 393 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Provider acceptability and satisfaction (proportion of participants who reported using the digital intervention) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 81 participants | Very low |
Resource use Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Unintended consequences Primary objective: mobile stock notification with enhanced management vs standard care | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport compared to standard care
Population: healthcare workers and other health professionals involved in commodity and stock management
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of cotrimoxazole to treat bacterial infections) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | RR 1.31 [0.7, 2.44] | 168 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of artemether‐lumefantrine 2 X 6 to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium facilparum) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | RR 1.43 [0.81, 2.5] | 168 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of oral rehydration salts (ORS) to treat dehydration) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | RR 0.61 [0.3, 1.23] | 168 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of healthcare workers who reported a stockout of drugs in the last 30 days (stockout of zinc 20 mg to treat diarrhoea) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | RR 1.1 [0.67, 1.82] | 168 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of data about stock management (assessed by the extent to which HSAs (intervention group participants) send messages about the stocks on hand for all the products they managed) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 253 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Time between stock‐level reporting and appropriate action (Measured over an 18‐month period: January 2012 to June 2013) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 253 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Provider acceptability and satisfaction (Proportion of participants who reported using the digital intervention) Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 78 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Resource use Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Unintended consequences Primary objective: mobile stock notification with effective product transport vs standard care | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |