5.1. Analysis.

Comparison 5: Staff views on the provision of services, Outcome 1: District nurse and general practitioner views

District nurse and general practitioner views
Study	Outcomes	Notes
Grande 1999	District nurse thought there should be additional help for the caregiver to look after the patient, mean (standard deviation (SD)) Intervention group: 1.36 (0.60), 141 participants; control group: 1.81 (0.87), 31 participants; P ≤ 0.01 General practitioner (GP) thought there should be additional help for the caregiver to look after the patient, mean (SD) Intervention group: 1.51 (SD 0.66), 128 participants; control group: 1.73 (0.83), 31 participants District nurse thought there should be more help with night nursing, mean (SD) Intervention group: 1.43 (0.64), 143 participants; control group: 2.03 (0.84), 33 participants; P < 0.0001 GP thought there should be more help with night nursing, mean (SD) Intervention group: 1.53 (SD 0.70), 129 participants; control groups: 1.79 (SD 0.86), 29 participants	3‐point scale with lower scores indicating less of a problem. No difference for the ratings reported by GPs and informal caregivers.