Nº of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | Effect | Certainty |
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ONI: [43] Vecchio | ||||||||
1 | observational studies | seriousa,b | not serious | not serious | seriousc | none | ONI survey predict nursing and allied health resource requirements for home care services | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
2 | observational studies | seriousa,b | not serious | not serious | seriousc | none | Workload increased with each increasing level of CHIRS rating CHIRS explains variations on resource consumption | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
Health Status Scale: [41] Ballard | ||||||||
1 | observational studies | seriousd,e | not serious | seriousf | serious | all plausible residual confounding would reduce the demonstrated effect | The higher the Health Status Scale score, the greater the use of resources | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
VNA-LA/USC HHPCS: [33] Churness | ||||||||
1 | observational studies | very seriousa,g | not serious | not serious | seriousc | all plausible residual confounding would reduce the demonstrated effect | The is a relationship between total score and workload | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low |