Table 3.
Forest plot of the subgroup analysis of the RCTs. Review: enhanced oral hygiene maintenance for the prevention of non-ventilated pneumonia. Comparison: chlorhexidine for oral care versus usual care. Outcome: prevention of pneumonia
| Study | Experimental | Control | Risk ratio | RR | 95% CI | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Total | Events | Total | |||||
| Bourigault (2011) | 93 | 868 | 203 | 1,645 |
|
0.87 | (0.69; 1.09) | 46.8% |
| Juthani-Mehtha (2015) | 119 | 277 | 94 | 298 | 1.36 | (1.10; 1.69) | 47.7% | |
| Panchabhai (2009) | 2 | 136 | 4 | 164 | 0.60 | (0.11; 3.24) | 5.5% | |
| Random effects model | 1,281 | 2,107 | 1.05 | (0.69; 1.60) | 100.0% | |||
| - | - | |||||||
| Heterogeneity: I2 = 77%, tau2 = 0.0830, p = 0.01 | ||||||||
