Cochrane · systematic review · CD013102
Pharmacist services for non‐hospitalised patients
de Barra, M, Scott, CL, Scott, NW, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 16.7%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 16.7%Low 3 · 50%Moderate 1 · 16.7%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
Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients compared with the delivery of no comparable service for health problem or population
Population: Health problem or population
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
% outside blood pressure range Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | OR 0.4 [0.29, 0.55] | 4107 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
% outside HbA1c range Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | OR 0.29 [0.04, 2.22] | 558 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Hospital attendance/admission Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | OR 0.85 [0.65, 1.11] | 3631 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Adverse drug effects Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | OR 1.65 [0.84, 3.24] | 590 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
SF‐36 Physical Functioning Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | no estimate extracted | 1329 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |
Mortality Pharmacists' non‐dispensing roles targeting non‐hospitalised patients vs the delivery of no comparable service | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |