Table 4.
Forest plot of the subgroup analysis of the RCTs. Review: enhanced oral hygiene maintenance for the prevention of non-ventilated pneumonia. Comparison: professional dental care versus usual care. Outcome: prevention of pneumonia
| Study | Experimental | Control | Risk ratio | RR | 95% CI | Weight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Total | Events | Total | |||||
| Adachi (2002) | 5 | 40 | 9 | 48 |
|
0.67 | (0.24; 1.83) | 16.8% |
| Ohsawa (2003) | 5 | 25 | 6 | 24 | 0.80 | (0.28; 2.28) | 15.7% | |
| Yoneyama (2002) | 21 | 184 | 34 | 182 | 0.61 | (0.37; 1.01) | 67.5% | |
| Random effects model | 249 | 254 | 0.65 | (0.43; 0.98) | 100.0% | |||
| - | - | |||||||
| Heterogeneity: I2 = 0%, tau2 = 0, p = 0.90 | ||||||||
