Cochrane · systematic review · CD013569

Supervised maintenance programmes following pulmonary rehabilitation compared to usual care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Malaguti, C, Dal Corso, S, Janjua, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2021 · 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
9
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 11.1%Ungraded 3 · 33.3%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 44.4%Moderate 1 · 11.1%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

Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation compared to usual care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Population: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
9 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Outcomes
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
HRQoL: CRQ total score
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extracted4 studies · 258 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Exercise capacity: 6MWD
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extracted10 studies · 639 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Hospital admission (all‐cause): number of people admitted to hospital
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
OR 0.71 [0.14, 3.69]2 studies · 142 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Hospital admission (all‐cause): mean number of hospital admissions per person
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extracted3 studies · 332 participantsUngraded
Exacerbation: number of people experiencing one or more exacerbation
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
OR 0.73 [0.26, 2.02]3 studies · 281 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Exacerbations: mean number of exacerbations per person
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extracted3 studies · 342 participantsUngraded
Mortality
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
OR 0.73 [0.36, 1.51]6 studies · 755 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Adverse events
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care
no estimate extracted24 participantsUngraded