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. 2016 Feb 17;11:305–326. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S90812

Table 4.

Effect of different multicomponent self-management intervention compared to usual care on hospital admissions

Intervention Follow-up at ≤3 months
Follow-up at >3 to ≤6 months
Follow-up at >6 months
Number of studies
(participants)
Summary HR
(95% CIs)
I2 (%) Number of studies
(participants)
Summary HR
(95% CIs)
I2 (%) Number of studies Summary HR
(95% CIs)
I2 (%)
Multicomponent 8 (879) 0.94 (0.73–1.20) 0.0 4 (353) 0.56 (0.22–1.42) 77.8 8 (1,810) 0.79 (0.60–1.05) 62.6
Multicomponent with supervised exercise 4 (321) 0.78 (0.54–1.14) 0.0 1 (46) 0.55 (0.25–1.18) n/a 2 (86) 0.47 (0.08–2.60) 83.8
Multicomponent with structured, unsupervised exercise 1 (191) 0.55 (0.35–0.87)* n/a
Multicomponent with exercise counseling only 2 (296) 1.40 (0.93–2.11) 0.0 3 (307) 0.52 (0.13–2.09) 81.0 3 (994) 0.79 (0.50–1.26) 67.9
Multicomponent without exercise advice or support 1 (40) 0.32 (0.03–3.03) n/a 2 (539) 0.99 (0.76–1.30) 0.0

Notes: – indicates no data.

*

P<0.05.

Abbreviations: CIs, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; n/a, not applicable.