Table 7.
Themes/observations | References | Occurrence, n (%) |
Improved in at least one area | [27,32,35,40,46,48,53-55,58,59,67] | 12 (40) |
No statistically significant difference | [30,33,45] | 3 (10) |
Decreased body weight | [32,35,58] | 3 (10) |
Decreased fat mass | [27,35] | 2 (7) |
Improved self-management | [43,67] | 2 (7) |
Increase in controlled asthma | [43,60] | 2 (7) |
Improved quality of life | [55,59] | 2 (7) |
Reductions in blood pressure | [40] | 1 (3) |
Reduction in mean tacrolimus trough coefficient of variation | [54] | 1 (3) |
Improved annual rate of eGFRa decline | [48] | 1 (3) |
Decreased medication use | [43] | 1 (3) |
Decreased incidence of heart failure | [46] | 1 (3) |
Identified other areas for intervention | [50] | 1 (3) |
Decreased mortality | [53] | 1 (3) |
Improved mental health inventory | [55] | 1 (3) |
Decreased intracranial hemorrhage | [53] | 1 (3) |
Not reported | [22-26,28,29,31,34,36-39,41,42,44,47,49,51,52,56,57,61-66] | 28 (N/Ab) |
aeGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.
bN/A: not applicable.