No of studies | Design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other |
Certainty (overall score) |
Outcome: quality of care: healthcare professional adherence to EBP | |||||||
2 | Cluster randomised trials | Serious Downgraded 1 level due to serious risk of bias; lack of blinding of personnel in both trials; outcome assessors not blinded and incomplete outcome data in 1 trial. |
None CIs overlap and I2 = 0 |
Not serious Adherence to EBP measured using file audit in both studies |
Serious Downgraded 1 level due to serious imprecision; 95% CIs wide. |
Not serious No serious concerns regarding publication bias |
⊕⊕⊝⊝ Low |
Outcome: patient adherence to recommended treatment: number of outdoor journeys at 6 months | |||||||
1 | Cluster randomised trial | Not serious Low risk of bias |
None | None | Serious Downgraded 1 level due to suboptimal information size (1 study with 100 participants) and 95% CIs wide. |
Not serious No serious concerns regarding publication bias |
⊕⊕⊕⊝ Moderate |
Outcome:measures of patient health status and well‐being: quality of Life (EQ‐5D) at up to 6 months | |||||||
2 | Cluster randomised trials | Not serious Low risk of bias |
Not serious | Not serious | None | Not serious No serious concerns regarding publication bias |
⊕⊕⊕⊕ High |
Outcome:measures of patient health status and well‐being: patient psychological well‐being at up to 6 months | |||||||
2 | Cluster randomised trials | Not serious Low risk of bias |
Not serious | Serious Downgraded 1 level due to outcome dissimilarity. |
None | Not serious No serious concerns regarding publication bias |
⊕⊕⊕⊝ Moderate |
CI: confidence interval; EBP: evidence‐based practice; EQ‐5D: European Quality of Life‐5 Dimensions. |