Cochrane · systematic review · CD013619
Family presence during resuscitation
Afzali Rubin, M, Svensson, TLG, Herling, SF, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · Cochrane Library
Emergency and Critical 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
8
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 25%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 62.5%Low 1 · 12.5%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
Family presence during resuscitation
Population: relatives, patients, and healthcare professionals during resucitation
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcomes, Time point of assessment | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
PTSD in the relatives IES (0 to 75; > 30 = presence of PTSD) measured at 3 months and > 3 months | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 493 participants | Very low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Anxiety and depression in the relatives HADS (0 to 42; subscale score > 10 (range, 0 to 21) = presence of anxiety or depression) measured at 3 months and > 3 months | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 493 participants | Very low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Grief in the relatives ICG (0 to 95; > 25 = presence of complicated grief) measured at 12 months TRIG (21 to 105; lower scores indicate higher levels of grief) measured at 3 and 9 months | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 426 participants | Very low Downgraded: inconsistency |
 | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Survival of patients | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 493 participants | Very low Downgraded: inconsistency |
Duration of resuscitation in minutes | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 475 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Stress intensity in the medical team members VAS (0 to 100; 0 = no stress; 100 = maximum stress)Â | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1710 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness, publication bias |