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Table 2 Type and effectiveness of interventions for select subgroup analyses

From: Translating evidence to patient care through caregivers: a systematic review of caregiver-mediated interventions

Study population

Patient outcomes

Caregiver outcomes

All

24⇑ 16⇔

22⇑ 11⇔

Location of care

  

Inpatient

11⇑ 7⇔

10⇑ 6⇔

Outpatient

13⇑ 9⇔

12⇑ 5⇔

Patient population

  

Infants/children/adolescents

14⇑12⇔

7⇑7⇔

Adults

7⇑1⇔

6⇑1⇔

Older adults

3⇑3⇔

9⇑3⇔

GRADE criteria

  

Very low-low

8⇑ 9⇔

7⇑ 6⇔

Moderate-high

16⇑7⇔

15⇑ 5⇔

  1. Numbers represent the number of studies reporting on each outcome
  2. ⇑ statistically significant positive effect of intervention, ⇔ no statistically significant effect of intervention or mixed effect of intervention, ⇓: statistically significant harmful effect of intervention