| Telemedicine for the support of parents of high‐risk newborn infants |
|
Patient or population: parents of high‐risk newborn infants
Settings: NICU
Intervention: Telemedicine |
| 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 |
Telemedicine |
|
Length of hospital stay
Days
Follow‐up: 4 months |
The mean length of hospital stay in the control groups was
70.6 days
|
The mean length of hospital stay in the intervention groups was
2.10 lower
(18.85 lower to 14.65 higher) |
|
56
(1 study) |
⊕⊝⊝⊝
very low
|
Quality assessment of the included study ‐ overall minor downgrade, small sample and major imprecision in the estimate of effects. |
| *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 |
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
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 |
