Table 2. Included studies.

References: Bielsa et al. [18], Muhammad et al. [19]

	Bielsa et al. (2014)	Muhammad et al. (2020)
Title	Indwelling pleural catheter for ambulatory care in patients with malignant pleural effusion	Indwelling pleural catheter for outpatient management of tuberculous empyema
Format	Conference abstract	Case study
Topic	Patient and caregiver satisfaction	Personal impact statement
Method	Telephone interviews	Not documented
Participant number	8	1
Participant type	Patients	Patient
Participant age	Mean 67 years (standard deviation 13)	26
Participant- gender	6 male 2 female	Male
Aetiology	Malignant pleural effusion	Tuberculosis
Results	Improved Spitzer quality-of-life score: mean score before IPC = 4.6 (standard deviation 0.7); mean score post-IPC insertion = 6.6 (standard deviation 1.8). 4 care givers accepted IPC management and reported feeling safe, satisfied and well supported. 4 care givers reported lacking confidence to manage the IPC.	Endorsement of outpatient treatment; statement of improved ease of living.