TABLE I.
Studies (n) | Quality assessment | Summary of findings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Design | Limitations | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other | Quality | Importance | |
Models of care | ||||||||
15 | cpg, rct | Serious | Serious | Serious | Serious | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
Site of care | ||||||||
3 | rct | Serious | Serious | Serious | Serious | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
Type of provider | ||||||||
13 | cpg, rct | Serious | Serious | Serious | Serious | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
Support services | ||||||||
4 | cpg | Serious | No serious inconsistency | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
Structural approaches | ||||||||
8 | cpg | Serious | No serious inconsistency | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
Other | ||||||||
4 | cpg | Serious | Serious | Serious | Serious | None | ••oo Low |
Low |
cpg = clinical practice guideline; rct = randomized controlled trial.