Table 3 Details on structure and findings for the NMAs, by outcome
| Â | Falls | Fallers | Injurious fallers | Fracture | Hip fracture | LTC | Functional status | HRQoL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RCTs | 169 | 173 | 93 | 67 | 19 | 33 | 55 | 58 |
Total sample measuring outcome (% of total review sample = 167,864) | 77,483 (46.2) | 83,306 (49.6) | 84,644 (50.4) | 61,190 (36.5) | 28,855 (17.2) | 9640 (5.7) | 12,185 (7.3) | 25,442 (15.2) |
RCTs with UC (N) | 78 (45,369) | 93 (57,911) | 45 (67,741) | 41 (47,291) | 12 (20,405) | 20 (7316) | 26 (6077) | 32 (9458) |
RCTs with high risk of bias, (N) | 42; 8297 | 35; 8402 | 16; 4175 | 16; 4175 | 1; 430 | 8; 2364 | 14; 2381 | 21; 4325 |
Total number of interventions/nodes Disconnected nodesa, n (N) | 57; 0 | 57; 0 | 49; 0 | 38; 0 | 19; 4 (930) | 21; 2 (83) | 33; 3 (812) | 36; 6 (2130) |
Average UC event rate (proportion) | 1.15 per person | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.02 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Certainty of evidence for benefit, n | High: 0 Moderate: 4 Low: 32 | High: 0 Moderate: 18 Low: 9 | High: 1 Moderate: 2 Low: 18 | High: 1 Moderate: 1 Low: 17 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 8 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 10 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 4 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 3 |
Certainty of evidence for little-to-no difference, n | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 11 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 19 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 15 | High: 0 Moderate: 3 Low:1 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 2 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low:1 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 14 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 22 |
Certainty of evidence for harm (for benefit outcomes), n | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 5 | High: 0 Moderate: 2 Low: 3 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 4 | High: 0 Moderate: 1 Low: 6 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 4 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 8 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 1 | High: 0 Moderate: 0 Low: 2 |
Very low certainty (n due to no evidence) | 6 (2) | 7 (2) | 18 (10) | 28 (21) | 44 (40) | 39 (38) | 39 (26) | 31 (23) |