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. 2018 Apr 26;20(4):e152. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9465

Table 2.

Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) summary of findings. QoL: quality of life. SMD: standardized mean difference.

Outcome Number of patients Effect Quality Importance

Electronic health–supported exercise No or other intervention Relative (95% CI) Absolute (95% CI)

Pain short term (follow-up: range 1 month to 6 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100 (higher numbers=more pain) 367 361 a SMD 0.31 SD lower (0.04 lower to 0.58 lower) ++oo Low Important
Pain long term (follow-up: range 9 months to 12 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100 (higher numbers=more pain) 212 204 SMD 0.3 SD lower (0.07 lower to 0.53 lower) +++o Moderate Critical
Physical function short term (follow-up: range 1 months to 6 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100; higher numbers=better function) 243 236 SMD 0.3 SD higher (0.17 lower to 0.76 higher) ++oo Low Important
Physical function long term (follow-up: range 9 months to 12 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100; higher numbers=better function) 211 205 SMD 0.41 SD higher (0.17 higher to 0.64 higher) ++++ High Critical
QoL short term (follow-up: range 3 months to 6 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100; higher numbers=better QoL) 227 219 SMD 0.24 SD higher (0.05 higher to 0.43 higher) +++o Moderate Important
QoL long term (follow-up: range 9 months to 12 months; assessed with self-report questionnaire 0-100; higher numbers=better QoL) 211 204 SMD 0.27 SD higher (0.06 higher to 0.47 higher) ++++ High Critical

aIndicates "not applicable".