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Table 2 Summary of meta-analysis results

From: Effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment intervention on quality of life, caregiver burden and length of hospital stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Outcomes

Group basis

Subgroup name

Number of analyses

(number of studies)

Heterogeneity I2(%)

Effect SMD/MD[95% CI]

P value

Quality of life level

overall

/

15 (8)

49

0.12 [0.03, 0.21]

0.009

 

Intervention model

CGA-team

6 (3)

44

0.05 [−0.08, 0.18]

0.46

 

OAS

4 (2)

71

0.22 [−0.04, 0.48]

0.09

 

CGA-unit

2 (1)

56

0.23 [−0.01, 0.46]

0.06

 

HAS

2 (1)

21

0.17 [−0.04, 0.38]

0.11

 

HHAS

1 (1)

/

0.00 [−0.23, 0.23]

1.00

 

Mean age of participants

≤ 80 years

4 (2)

77

0.20 [−0.15, 0.55]

0.26

 

> 80 years

11 (6)

32

0.11 [0.02, 0.19]

0.01

 

Outcome measure time

≤ 3 months

7 (6)

48

0.16 [0.03, 0.29]

0.01

 

3–12 months

1 (1)

/

0.02 [−0.19, 0.23]

0.83

 

≥ 12 months

7 (5)

57

0.10 [−0.06, 0.25]

0.21

 

Evaluation instruments

EQ-5D

8 (4)

0

0.05 [−0.03, 0.13]

0.24

 

15D questionnaire

1 (1)

/

0.44 [0.14, 0.74]

0.004

 

PGCMS

2 (1)

0

−0.06 [−0.26, 0.13]

0.53

 

EQ-VAS

2 (1)

56

0.23 [−0.01, 0.46]

0.06

 

GWB

2 (1)

0

0.53 [0.24, 0.81]

0.0003

Change of quality of life

overall

/

5 (3)

5

0.24 [0.10, 0.39]

0.0008

SF-36 Change values for physical functioning dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

0

0.11 [0.05, 0.16]

0.0002

SF-36 Change values for physical limitation dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

64

0.04 [−0.05, 0.14]

0.39

SF-36 Change values for general health dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

0

0.10 [0.05, 0.16]

0.0003

SF-36 Change values for body pain dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

56

0.09 [0.00, 0.18]

0.04

SF-36 Change values for mental health dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

22

0.13 [0.06, 0.19]

0.0001

SF-36 Change values for emotional limitation dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

0

0.04 [−0.02, 0.10]

0.17

SF-36 Change values for energy dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

65

0.15 [0.06, 0.25]

0.002

SF-36 Change values for social activity dimension

overall

/

5 (4)

37

0.10 [0.02, 0.17]

0.01

Caregiver burden

overall

/

2 (2)

35

−0.56 [−0.97, −0.15]

0.007

Length of hospital stay

overall

/

22 (17)

100

−1.04 [−3.57, 1.49]

0.42

 

Intervention model

CGA-unit

9 (6)

88

0.60 [−1.01, 2.22]

0.46

 

CGA-team

12 (10)

100

−1.59 [−5.23, 2.05]

0.39

 

OAS

1 (1)

/

−4.10 [−8.73, 0.53]

0.08

 

Mean age of participants

≤ 80 years

8 (7)

0

−0.24 [−0.57, 0.09]

0.16

 

> 80 years

14 (10)

100

−0.85 [−4.17, 2.48]

0.62

 

Outcome measure time

≤ 3 months

15 (14)

100

0.13 [−2.56, 2.82]

0.93

 

3–12 months

1 (1)

/

3.70 [−3.55, 10.95]

0.32

 

≥ 12 months

6 (5)

100

−5.17 [−12.35, 2.01]

0.16

  1. SMD, standardised mean difference; MD, mean difference; CI, confidence interval; CGA, comprehensive geriatric assessment; OAS, Outpatient Assessment Service; HHAS, Hospital Home Assessment Service; HAS, Home Assessment Service; PGCMS, Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale; EQ-VAS, EuroQoL-visual analog scale; GWB, Rand general well-being; SF-36, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire