Cochrane Review Group

Consumers and Communication

45 systematic reviews in Consumers and Communication ask 729 questions. 25.8% have no studies to answer them, 21.3% rest on very low certainty evidence and 14.2% reach moderate or high certainty.

Reviews

Questions

729

current versions

No studies

25.8%

Moderate or high

14.2%

No studies 188 · 25.8%Ungraded 93 · 12.8%Very low 155 · 21.3%Low 189 · 25.9%Moderate 90 · 12.3%High 14 · 1.9%

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.

Search questions in Consumers and Communication

Thinnest evidence

All no studies and very low questions

Question	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs no health literacy intervention Outcome category – outcome(s)* · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs written information on the same topic Outcome category – outcome(s)* · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs written information on the same topic Quality of life – Diabetes‐related quality of life standardised on score 0 (no quality of life) to 100 (perfect quality of life) Time point: short‐term (immediately post‐intervention) · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	2 studies · 288 participants	Very low
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs written information on the same topic Health outcome – Any depression Time point a: short‐term (immediately post‐intervention) Multiple measures used: PHQ‐9K (score · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 555 participants	Very low
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs written information on the same topic Health service use – not reported · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally and literacy adapted self‐management programme vs written information on the same topic Adverse events – not reported · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Outcome category – outcome(s)* · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Quality of life – not measured · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Health outcome – not measured · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Self‐efficacy – Self‐efficacy to change one's diet · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	1 study · 290 participants	Very low
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Health service use – not reported · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies
Culturally adapted health literacy skills building course vs no/unrelated health literacy intervention Adverse events – not reported · migrants Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (2023) · Cochrane	no estimate extracted	NR	No studies

Reviews 45

Audio‐visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials

Synnot, A, Ryan, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014

Consumers and Communication

Thinnest evidence

Reviews 45

Audio‐visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials

Cultural competence education for health professionals

Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination

Personalised risk communication for informed decision making about taking screening tests

Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments

Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications

Mass media interventions for reducing mental health‐related stigma

Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations

Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care

Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self‐management of long‐term illnesses

Email for clinical communication between patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals

Email for the provision of information on disease prevention and health promotion

Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self‐administered long‐term medications

Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions

Framing of health information messages

Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy

Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease

Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities

Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions

Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material