Table 7 Consumer interventions: Appraisal of systematic review (AMSTAR) scores and intervention effectiveness ratings by research team
Intervention cluster and systematic review first author (year) | Scores and ratings | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | AMSTAR (1 to 11) | Research team ratings | |
| Â | Â | Mean | SD |
Patient education/patient information | |||
   Bennett (2009) [26] | 8 | 5.7 | 0.67 |
   Gaston (2005a) [35] | 5 | 4.7 | 0.45 |
   Gysels (2007) [37] | 5 | 3.0 | 1.00 |
   Goldberg (2007a) [36] | 3 | 3.8 | 0.45 |
   Wofford (2005) [56] | 7 | 4.3 | 0.84 |
   Santo (2005) [47] | 7 | 4.6 | 0.89 |
   Conn (2008) [30] | 10 | 4.3 | 1.79 |
   Raynor (2007) [45] | 8 | 4.0 | 0.71 |
   Overall mean score | 7 | 4.3 | |
Patient decision aids | |||
   Evans (2005) [33] | 7 | 4.4 | 1.14 |
   Gaston (2005b) [35] | 5 | 4.3 | 0.97 |
   Waljee (2007) [54] | 8 | 6.1 | 0.22 |
   Edwards (2008) [32] | 5 | 3.8 | 0.45 |
   Joosten (2008) [41] | 5 | 5.1 | 0.22 |
   Overall mean score | 6 | 4.7 | |
Interactive health communication applications | |||
   Murray (2005) [43] | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Contracts | |||
   Bosch-Capblanch (2007) [27] | 9 | 3.8 | 0.84 |
Reminder packaging | |||
   Heneghan (2006) [39] | 10 | 5.1 | 0.74 |
Multifaceted | |||
   Haynes (2008) [38] | 10 | 4.6 | 0.89 |