Table 4 Characteristics of systematic reviews
Type of intervention (number of evidence summaries) | Theory/framework | Study designs included | Outcomes included | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Y | N | NS | RCT only | Non-RCT only | Mixed | C | BO | BI | K | A | S |
Consumer interventions | ||||||||||||
Patient education/patient information (n = 8) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Decision aids/shared decision making (n = 5) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Interactive health communication applications (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Contracts (n = 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Reminder packaging (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multifaceted (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
Professional interventions | ||||||||||||
Educational outreach visits & audit and feedback (n = 4) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
IT/IM/informatic interventions (n = 5) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Local opinion leaders (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tailored interventions (n = 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical pathway interventions (n = 1) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guidelines for professions allied to medicine (n = 1) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Discharge planning from hospital to home (n = 1) | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Organizational interventions | ||||||||||||
Changing length of consultation (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Routine standardized assessment (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chronic care model interventions (n = 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Models-of-care/integrated care-related interventions (n = 5) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Shared-care tactic interventions (n = 1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health information technology (n = 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |