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Table 5 Effect of additional AHA on safety outcomes

From: The effect of delegation of therapy to allied health assistants on patient and organisational outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Outcome

RR (95%CI)

NNT (95%CI)

Duncan 2006 [28]

Mortality (trauma unit)

0.41 (0.16 to 1.00)

17 (9 to 315)

 

Mortality (in hospital)

0.56 (0.29 to 1.09)

–

 

Mortality (4-months)

0.57 (0.34 to 0.95)

11 (5 to 79)

Hastings 2014 [29]

Proportion of fallers

0.38 (0.02 to 5.92)

–

 

Mortality (1-month post D/C)

0.76 (0.15 to 3.97)

–

Jones 2006 [32]

Proportion of fallers

2.17 (0.41 to 11.48)

–

 

Medical status deterioration

4.34 (0.50 to 37.90)

–

 

Mortality (in hospital)

2.17 (0.41 to 11.48)

–

Parry 2016 [37]

Proportion of fallers

0.96 (0.78 to 1.17)

–

 

Adverse events

0.76 (0.44 to 1.30)

–

Siebens 2000 [42]

Mortality (in hospital)

5.07 (0.25 to 104.66)

–

 

Mortality (1-month post D/C)

1.02 (0.44 to 2.38)

–

Walsh 2015 [44]

Mortality (in hospital)

0.93 (0.31 to 2.80)

–

  1. AHA Allied health assistant, D/C Discharge, RR Risk ratio, N/A Not available or unable to be calculated, NNT Number needed to treat. Bold text indicates statistically significant difference between groups favouring allied health assistant group
  2. RR < 1 favours additional allied health assistant group