Summary of findings for the main comparison. Summary of findings 1. INTERCESSORY PRAYER (CONTEMPORANEOUS ) versus STANDARD CARE.
| INTERCESSORY PRAYER (CONTEMPORANEOUS ) versus STANDARD CARE for various illnesses | ||||||
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Patient or population: patients with various illnesses Settings: in hospital Intervention: INTERCESSORY PRAYER (CONTEMPORANEOUS ) versus STANDARD CARE | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of Participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| Control | INTERCESSORY PRAYER (CONTEMPORANEOUS ) versus STANDARD CARE | |||||
| Death by end of trial | Medium risk population | RR 0.72 (0.38 to 1.38) | 3389 (5) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low1,2 | ||
| 96 per 1000 | 69 per 1000 (36 to 132) | |||||
| Clinical state: 1. Improved/not improved: intermediate or bad outcome | Medium risk population | RR 0.98 (0.86 to 1.11) | 2705 (5) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low1,2 | ||
| 269 per 1000 | 264 per 1000 (231 to 299) | |||||
| Clinical state: 2. Significant complications (readmission to CCU) | Medium risk population | RR 1 (0.77 to 1.3) | 2644 (4) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate1 | ||
| 84 per 1000 | 84 per 1000 (65 to 109) | |||||
| Leaving the study early | Medium risk population | RR 0.75 (0.43 to 1.31) | 3446 (6) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate1 | ||
| 2 per 1000 | 2 per 1000 (1 to 3) | |||||
| *The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk ratio; | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidance High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate. Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate. | ||||||
1 Randomisation not well described
2 Considerable heterogeneity