| Quality assessment | No of patients | Effect | Quality | Importance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of studies | Design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | Weekend access | Standard access | Relative (95% CI) | Absolute | ||
| STRATA: Older people | ||||||||||||
| Mortality (at discharge) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | no serious imprecision | none |
0/22 (0%) | 0% | - | - |
⨁⨁⨁⨁ HIGH | CRITICAL |
| Mortality (at 3 months) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | serious1 | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | very serious2 | none |
3/22 (13.6%) | 16% | RR 0.85 (0.21 to 3.4) | 24 fewer per 1000 (from 126 fewer to 384 more) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | CRITICAL |
| Adverse events (non-injurious fall) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | very serious2 | none |
1/22 (4.5%) | 4% | RR 1.14 (0.08 to 17.11) | 6 more per 1000 (from 37 fewer to 644 more) |
⨁⨁◯◯ LOW | CRITICAL |
| Readmission to acute hospital | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | no serious imprecision | none |
0/22 (0%) | 0% | - | - |
⨁⨁⨁⨁ HIGH | IMPORTANT |
| Quality of life (change in mobility from baseline) - Better indicated by higher values | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | serious2 | none | 22 | 25 | - | MD 2.4 higher (2.75 lower to 7.55 higher) |
⨁⨁⨁◯ MODERATE | CRITICAL |
| STRATA: Stroke | ||||||||||||
| Adverse events - Strata: Stroke | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | very serious2 | none |
16/96 (16.7%) | 12.8% | RR 1.31 (0.65 to 2.61) | 40 more per 1000 (from 45 fewer to 206 more) |
⨁⨁◯◯ LOW | CRITICAL |
| Length of rehabilitation stay (Better indicated by lower values) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | randomised trials | no serious risk of bias | no serious inconsistency | no serious indirectness | no serious imprecision | none | 0 | - | - | MD 2.9 lower (17.9 lower to 12.1 higher) |
⨁⨁⨁⨁ HIGH | CRITICAL |
Downgraded by 1 increment if the majority of the evidence was at high risk of bias, and downgraded by 2 increments if the majority of the evidence was at very high risk of bias.
Downgraded by 1 increment if the confidence interval crossed 1 MID or by 2 increments if the confidence interval crossed both MIDs.
From: Chapter 31, Enhanced inpatient access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy
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