Powell 1990

Methods	Year: 1990 Location: Manitoba, Canada Team/ward?: ward Timing: direct Trial method: randomised trial
Participants	Number (total): 203 Mean age: uncertain Male:female proportion: uncertain Inclusion criteria: acute medical admissions over 74 years Exclusion criteria: requiring psychiatric or surgical care
Interventions	Team members: unknown Team organisation: unknown Control: internal general medicine wards
Outcomes	Death Institutionalisation Cognitive function Depression Dependence Trial conclusions: non‐significant differences in favour of the treatment group
Notes	Only abstract available
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) for objective outcome measures	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) for subjective outcome measures	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available
Other bias	Unclear risk	Insufficient information as only abstract available