5. Multi‐component interventions: data not included in analyses.
Outcome | Effect (95% CI) | Studies |
Exacerbations: mean number of days to first exacerbation | MD 0.90 (95% CI ‐25.65 to 27.45) | 1 study (Bourbeau 2016) |
Exacerbations: mean number of ED presentations (all‐cause) | MD ‐0.40 (95% CI ‐0.89 to 0.09) | 1 study (Rose 2018) |
HA: mean number of hospital admissions (all‐cause) | MD ‐0.11 (95% CI ‐0.36 to 0.14) | 2 studies (Ringbaek 2015; Rose 2018) |
HA: mean number of hospital admissions (COPD) | MD 0.01 (95% CI ‐0.24 to 026) | 1 study (Ringbaek 2015) |
HA: mean number of re‐admissions (all cause) | MD ‐0.32 (95% CI ‐0.68 to 0.05) | 2 studies (Casas 2006; Sorknaes 2013) |
HA: mean number of re‐admissions (COPD) | MD ‐0.06 (95% CI ‐0.57 to 0.45) | 1 study (Sorknaes 2013) |
CI: confidence interval; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ED: emergency department; HA: hospital admission; MD: mean difference.