Cochrane · systematic review · CD013820
Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease
Purcell, C, Dibben, G, Hilton Boon, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · Cochrane Library
HeartAMSTAR 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
7
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 22.2%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 22.2%Low 5 · 55.6%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
Summary of findings
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
All‐cause mortality | RR 0.75 [0.49, 1.13] | 6 studies · 3093 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Cardiovascular‐related mortality | RR 0.85 [0.66, 1.1] | 2 studies · 2583 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
All‐cause hospital admission (number of events) ‐ not reported | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
All‐cause hospital admission (number of participants with at least one event) | RR 1.03 [0.86, 1.22] | 2 studies · 258 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Cardiovascular‐related hospital admission (number of events) | Rate ratio 0.37 [0.22, 0.63] | 1 study · 48 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Cardiovascular‐related hospital admission (number of participants with at least one event) | RR 0.92 [0.77, 1.1] | 2 studies · 2583 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Health‐related quality of life | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 166 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Health‐related quality of life | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 166 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Adverse events ‐ not reported | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |