Study | Patient | Intervention/Comparator | Outcomes | Results |
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Kwan 2004 | Patients with acute stroke | I: Integrated care pathway | Death or dependency, complications, readmission, use of investigations, patient satisfaction, LOS, cost of hospitalisation, QOL | There do not appear to be benefits in the implementation of an ICP and it is possible that use is associated with reduced patient satisfaction and QOL |
Design: SR | C: No integrated care pathway | |||
Size: 10 studies | Â | |||
Setting: Acute | Â | |||
AMSTAR: 7/11 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Middleton 2011 | Patients with stroke | I: Integrated care pathway directed at fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing | Death or dependency, ADL function, QOL, LOS, processes of care | Patients managed using the ICP were less likely to be dead or dependent at 90Â days (42% in the intervention group vs 58% in the control group, number needed to treat 6.4) |
Design: Cluster RCT | C: No integrated care pathway | |||
Size: N = 735 | ||||
Setting: Acute | ||||
Australia | ||||
PEDro: 9/10 | Â | Â | Â | Â |