Comparison 1.

Occupational therapy versus no routine input

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Activities of daily living	8	961	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.18 [0.04, 0.32]
2 Death or 'poor outcome' (deterioration or dependency)	7	1065	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.67 [0.51, 0.87]
3 Death by the end of scheduled follow up	9	1163	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.84 [0.57, 1.25]
4 Death or requiring institutional care by the end of scheduled follow up	3	358	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.72 [0.43, 1.19]
5 Death or dependency by the end of scheduled follow up	4	788	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.90 [0.67, 1.23]
6 Extended activities of daily living scores	6	847	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.21 [0.03, 0.39]
7 Subjective health status scores	2	167	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.17 [‐0.14, 0.48]
8 Mood/distress scores	4	636	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.07 [‐0.09, 0.23]
9 Carers: quality of life	1	54	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.12 [‐0.41, 0.66]
10 Carers: mood/distress	4	590	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.23 [‐0.05, 0.51]
11 Sensitivity to missing data (odds of poor outcome: better)	7	1175	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.71 [0.55, 0.92]
12 Sensitivity to missing data (odds of poor outcome: worse)	7	1175	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.67 [0.52, 0.86]