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Characteristics of studies

Characteristics of included studies [ordered by study ID]

Sharples 2002

Methods

Country: United Kingdom

Design: randomised controlled trial, single centre, cross‐over study. No washout phase

Study objective: to assess feasibility and safety of nurse‐led outpatient clinic and to compare cost‐effectiveness of nurse‐led vs doctor‐led care

Methods of analysis: paired student's t tests, means, confidence intervals

Exacerbation and admission: Poisson distribution and modes of care comparison using likelihood ratios

Patient satisfaction: Wilcoxon signed rank test, McNemar test

Cost analysis: paired non‐parametric bootstrap analysis

Clustering adjustments made: not relevant

Participants

Eligible for study: 80

Randomised: 39 nurse‐led care, 41 doctor‐led care

Completed: 37 nurse‐led care, 40 doctor‐led care

Age, years: nurse/doctor 63.7, doctor/nurse 53.1; mean age 58.3 ± 13.3 years

Gender: male/female 25/55

Bronchiectasis diagnosis: confirmed by high‐resolution computed tomography

Recruitment: outpatient clinic attendance with established management plan

Comorbidities: no detail provided regarding comorbid conditions

Exclusion criteria: life expectancy < 2 years, need for transplant listing within 2 years, FEV1 < 30% predicted, other significant pathology that would modify the management of bronchiectasis

Interventions

Intervention description: nurse specialist‐led care

Control description: doctor‐led care

Duration of intervention: two 1‐year care blocks

Setting: outpatient

Outcomes

Prespecified outcomes: FEV1, FVC, exacerbation rates, hospital admissions, quality of life, cost‐effectiveness, exercise capacity, 12MWT, withdrawals and dropouts, nurse autonomy, participant and GP satisfaction; consultation: type, length, and venue; participant compliance

Follow‐up period: 1 year, then cross‐over

Notes

Funding: NHS R&D Health Technology Assessment Programme

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Random sequence generation (selection bias)

Unclear risk

Randomisation mentioned but methods not described

Allocation concealment (selection bias)

Low risk

Numbered opaque envelopes used

Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes

Unclear risk

Blinding did not occur; blindness was not possible, given it is part of the intervention. Impact of knowing group assignment is unclear. Carryover effects from first year of study may have occurred when crossed‐over.

Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes

High risk

Blinding did not occur.

Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes

Low risk

High level of completion; attrition reported with reasons

Selective reporting (reporting bias)

High risk

Changes between time periods were tested; however effects were observed in the economic analysis during the second time period; post hoc analyses occurred for carryover of clinical outcomes but were not reported. Selection effect cannot be ruled out, given that 6 participants did not cross‐over to nurse‐led care.

Other bias

Low risk

No other biases identified

12MWT: 12‐minute walk test; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC: forced vital capacity; GP: general practitioner; NHS: National Health Service; R&D: Research and Development.

Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID]

Study

Reason for exclusion

Bergner 1988

Randomised controlled trial ‐ participants had a confirmed diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cockcroft 1987

Randomised controlled trial ‐ participants with chronic obstructive airways disease were recruited

Levy 2000

Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse education in asthma

Maa 2007

Randomised trial of nurse in complementary alternative medicine role utilising acupressure as treatment for participants with bronchiectasis

Data and analyses

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Comparison 1. Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year) Show forest plot

1

Rate Ratio (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year).

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year).

2 Admissions per patient per year Show forest plot

1

Rate Ratio (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 2 Admissions per patient per year.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 2 Admissions per patient per year.

3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms.

4 SGRQ ‐ control Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 4 SGRQ ‐ control.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 4 SGRQ ‐ control.

5 SGRQ ‐ impact Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 5 SGRQ ‐ impact.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 5 SGRQ ‐ impact.

6 SGRQ ‐ total scores Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 6 SGRQ ‐ total scores.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 6 SGRQ ‐ total scores.

7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres.

8 FEV1 (% predicted) Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 8 FEV1 (% predicted).

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 8 FEV1 (% predicted).

9 FVC (% predicted) Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 1.9

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 9 FVC (% predicted).

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 9 FVC (% predicted).

Study flow diagram.
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Figure 1

Study flow diagram.

Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year).
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year).

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 2 Admissions per patient per year.
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 2 Admissions per patient per year.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms.
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 4 SGRQ ‐ control.
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 4 SGRQ ‐ control.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 5 SGRQ ‐ impact.
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 5 SGRQ ‐ impact.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 6 SGRQ ‐ total scores.
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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 6 SGRQ ‐ total scores.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres.
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Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres.

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 8 FEV1 (% predicted).
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Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 8 FEV1 (% predicted).

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 9 FVC (% predicted).
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Analysis 1.9

Comparison 1 Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care, Outcome 9 FVC (% predicted).

Summary of findings for the main comparison. Nurse‐led care compared with doctor‐led care for management of bronchiectasis

Nurse‐led care compared with doctor‐led care for management of bronchiectasis

Patient or population: management of bronchiectasis
Setting: outpatient
Intervention: nurse‐led care
Comparison: doctor‐led care

Outcomes

Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

No. of participants
(studies)

Certainty of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Risk with doctor‐led care

Risk with nurse‐led care

Exacerbations
requiring treatment with antibiotics (per patient per year)

Assessed by clinician identified or participant self‐reported

Follow‐up: 12 months

Mean rate of infective exacerbations was 3.1 per patient per year.

0.28 per patient per year higher
(95% CI 0.28 lower to 0.97 higher)

1.09 (95% CI 0.91 to 1.30)

80
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

Hospital admissions

(per patient per year).
Follow‐up: 12 months

Mean admission per patient per year was 1.02.

1.55 per patient per year higher
(1.06 higher to 2.27 higher)

1.52 (95% CI 1.03 to 2.23)

80
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

More admissions in nurse‐led care. All nurse‐led care admissions approved by consultant. Protocol followed by nurse regarding management

Emergency department attendance

See comment.

See comment.

See comment.

See comment.

See comment.

Not reported

Mortality

Two participants died ‐ 1 from each care group ‐ after 12‐month assessment.

See comment.

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

Cost‐effectiveness

Total cost for duration of study and difference in cost for first and second years

Cost scale: £ per participant

Total costs £5428

Cost difference £274 higher in second year

Total costs £8464

Cost difference £1940 lower in second year

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b,c

Costs may be reduced over time through a learning effect.

Quality of life, measured with SGRQ ‐ total scores
Lower scores indicating improved respiratory health
Scale from 0 to 100
Follow‐up: 12 months

Unreported

MD 1.7 higher
(4 lower to 0.6 higher)

79
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

Participants reported fewer symptoms and less impact on daily life with nurse‐led care, but data show no clinical or statistically significant differences between nurse‐led and doctor‐led care.

Exercise capacity: 12MWT
Assessed with distance, metres
Follow‐up: 12 months

Mean exercise capacity: 12MWT was 746 m.

MD 18 m greater
(13 lower to 49 higher)

80
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

No significant differences in distance walked between nurse‐led and doctor‐led care

FEV1
assessed with % predicted
Scale from 0 to 100
Follow‐up: 12 months

Mean FEV1 was 69.5% predicted.

MD 0.2% predicted higher
(1.6% predicted lower to 2% predicted higher)

80
(1 RCT)

⊕⊕⊝⊝
LOWa,b

Nil significant differences in percentage predicted FEV1 between nurse‐led and doctor‐led care

*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).

12MWT: 12‐minute walk test; CI: confidence interval; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; MD: mean difference; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SGRQ: St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence.
High certainty: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect.
Moderate certainty: We are moderately confident in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different.
Low certainty: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect.
Very low certainty: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect.

aCannot rule out carryover effects from cross‐over trial. No reported information at first 12‐month time period before cross‐over. May have had a learned effect that resulted in fewer exacerbations and hospitalisations and better quality of life. This may have led to better lung function and exercise capacity. Marked down one point for risk of bias.

bAge of study, small number of participants, and uncertainty, with some results based on wide confidence intervals. Marked down one point for imprecision.

cCannot rule out selective reporting with the decision not to cross‐over 6 participants after first 12 months. No longer considered stable bronchiectasis. Already marked down for risk of bias previously, so not downgraded again based on this reason.

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Summary of findings for the main comparison. Nurse‐led care compared with doctor‐led care for management of bronchiectasis
Table 1. Cost‐effectiveness

Resource

Nurse‐led care (mean visits per participant)

Nurse‐led care (mean cost per participant, £)

Doctor‐led care (mean visits per participant)

Doctor‐led care (mean cost per participant, £)

Difference (SD, £)

Nurse‐led clinics

4.61

180

0

0

180 (158)

Doctor‐led clinics

0.45

25

4.48

217

‐192 (199)

Procedures

0.13

61

0.11

54

7 (376)

Imaging

1.14

47

0.76

45

1 (112)

Other tests

24.58

260

18.94

222

37 (257)

Antibiotics (intravenous)

23 (days)

879

16 (days)

523

356 (1452)

Antibiotics (oral)

222 (days)

684

201 (days)

524

161 (695)

Bronchodilators

461 (days)

213

435 (days)

193

20 (179)

Corticosteroids

238 (days)

278

219 (days)

258

20 (181)

Other drugs

212 (days)

180

190 (days)

155

25 (194)

Inpatient

6.46 (days)

1338

2.36 (days)

477

861 (2755)

Day case

0.11

43

0.05

16

27 (170)

GP visits

1.11

20

1.40

26

‐6 (33)

Total

4208

2711

1498

(688 to 2674)

SD: standard deviation.

Figuras y tablas -
Table 1. Cost‐effectiveness
Table 2. Participant satisfaction with consultation

Comments

Nurse practitioner better, number, (%)

Doctor better, number (%)

P value

It was sometimes difficult to discuss your problems with the doctor/nurse practitioner.

11/76 (14.5)

1/76 (1.3)

0.006

The doctor/nurse practitioner explained clearly what is wrong.

7/74 (9.5)

0/74 (0)

0.016

The doctor/nurse practitioner examined you thoroughly when necessary.

6/70 (8.6)

0/70 (0)

0.031

The doctor/nurse practitioner should tell you more about your illness/condition and treatment.

7/59 (11.9)

3/59 (5.1)

0.344

The doctor/nurse practitioner made you feel at ease.

2/75 (2.7)

1/75 (1.3)

1.000

There was not enough time to discuss your problems with the doctor/nurse.

10/74 (13.5)

1/74 (1.4)

0.012

You felt confident the doctor/nurse practitioner knew about your medical history and your care.

7/74 (9.5)

1/74 (1.4)

0.070

Sometimes you felt that the doctor/nurse practitioner should listen more to what you said.

5/69 (7.2)

2/69 (2.9)

0.453

The doctor/nurse practitioner gave clear explanation about any tests that you needed.

4/75 (5.3)

1/75 (1.3)

0.375

You often came away from your appointment wishing you'd asked more questions.

13/72 (18.1)

9/72 (12.5)

0.523

You felt you were given a chance to have an active part when discussing your illness/condition.

4/73 (5.5)

0/73 (0.0)

0.125

There were frequent interruptions during your consultation.

6/73 (8.2)

3/73 (4.1)

0.508

Figuras y tablas -
Table 2. Participant satisfaction with consultation
Comparison 1. Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Infective exacerbations (per patient per year) Show forest plot

1

Rate Ratio (Fixed, 95% CI)

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2 Admissions per patient per year Show forest plot

1

Rate Ratio (Fixed, 95% CI)

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3 SGRQ ‐ symptoms Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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4 SGRQ ‐ control Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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5 SGRQ ‐ impact Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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6 SGRQ ‐ total scores Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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7 Exercise capacity: 12‐minute walk distance, metres Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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8 FEV1 (% predicted) Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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9 FVC (% predicted) Show forest plot

1

Mean Difference (Fixed, 95% CI)

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Figuras y tablas -
Comparison 1. Nurse‐led versus physician‐led care