Table 21:
Effect of Patient Care Planning Discussions on Home Health Visits
| Author, Year | Study Design | Tool Used? | Results Intervention | Results Control | Difference in Means (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Single-Provider Discussion vs. Usual Care or No Discussion GRADE for all evidence: Very low | |||||
| Engelhardt et al, 2009 (56) | Obs-cont | Yes | Mean change from baseline (SD): 1.8 (15.9)a | Mean change from baseline (SD): 1.3 (15.3)a | 0.49 (−2.57, 3.55) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; Obs-cont, observational study with contemporaneous controls; SD, standard deviation.
a
Standard deviations are slightly larger because information about the correlation between estimates was not provided.