Table 3

Risk ratios of incidence of remission between intervention and control groups

AuthorYearFollow-up timeTreatment adherence (%)InterventionControlRR (95% CI)
RemissionNo 
remission
RemissionNo
remission
Home-based psychological intervention
 Kiosses et al 25 201512 weeksNot reported14235322.80 (1.12 to 6.98)
 Gitlin et al 24 201316 weeks93.3395025681.63 (1.08 to 2.46)
 Joling et al 40 201112 weeks41315525591.47 (0.84 to 2.55)
 Naylor et al 39 20106 weeks50.9114991.21 (0.79 to 1.87)
Pooled RR (95% CI) 1.53 (1.19 to 1.98)
Home-based exercise
 Ptaff et al 27 201412 weeksNot reported492940281.07 (0.82 to 1.39)
 Blumenthal et al 35 200716 weeks68213223260.84 (0.54 to 1.32)
Pooled RR (95% CI) 0.99 (0.79 to 1.24)
Combined home-based psychological intervention with exercise
 Ciechanowski et al 37 201019 weeksNot reported4360409.00 (0.50 to 161.86)
 Ciechanowski et al 38 200419 weeksNot reported30426604.58 (2.04 to 10.31)
 Banerjee et al 18 199624 weeksNot reported19109232.33 (1.26 to 4.30)
Pooled RR (95% CI) 3.47 (2.11 to 5.70)
  • RR, risk ratio.