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Table 1 Summary of included systematic reviews and reporting of methodological quality assessment

From: Examining nursing processes in primary care settings using the Chronic Care Model: an umbrella review

Author and year, type of synthesis

Study period

Number of included studies and designs

Number of participants

Population and health condition

Main nursing process

Overall confidence in the results based on AMSTAR 2

Backhouse et al. (2017)

Meta-analysis

1999–2014

14 RCTs

10,372

Adults with a dementia diagnosis of any type living at home

Case management

Moderate

Baker et Fatoye (2017)

Descriptive

2004–2016

26 articles describing 20 RCTs

3384

Adults with COPD

Self-management program

Low-Moderate

Caro-Bautista et al. (2020)

Meta-analysis

2005–2016

21 articles describing 20 RCTs

12,018

Adults with type 2 diabetes

Self-care programmes

High

Clark et al. (2010)

Meta-analysis

1979–2008

33 RCTs

19,069

Adults aged 18 or over with hypertension

Nurse-led care

Community monitoring

High

Crowe et al. (2019)

Descriptive

2003–2018

18 studies:

10 RCTs

3 Open Label Designs 2 Qualitatives

1 historical control

1 audit

1 retrospective cohort study

33,971

Adults witih type 2 diabetes

Nurse-led interventions

Low - Moderate

Deschodt et al. (2020)

Meta-analysis

2004–2018

21 articles reporting 19 studies:

5 Cluster-RCT

4 RCTs

3 NR controlled trial

1 BA

2 Controlled BA

1 Cluster RCT

1 Pseudo cluster-randomized controlled trial

2 Cluster NR controlled trial

22,168

Adults aged ≥ 65 or a reported mean age of ≥ 75 years

Nurse-led services

Moderate

Dhar et al. (2020)

Descriptive

2009–2018

1 Quantitative judgement analysis

1 Quasi experimental

1 Pre/ postintervention

1 Nonrandomized controlled trial

1 Randomised controlled trial

1 Retrospective audit

2 Descriptive

1 Quantitative cost analysis

1 Comparative

1062

Adults with a chronic wound

Nurse-led care

Critically low

Ekers et al. (2013)

Meta-analysis

2003–2013

14 RCTs

4440

Adults with a primary diagnosis of depression and one or more long-term physical health problems

Case management

High

Facchinetti et al. (2020)

Meta-analysis

1994–2018

30 RCTs

8920

65 years and over patients with one or more chronic diseases who were discharged home from hospital

Continuity of care

High

Gorina et al. (2018)

Descriptive

2004–2015

20 RCTs

15,439

Adults with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and hypercholoesterolemia

Educational interventions

Moderate-High

Halcomb et al. (2019)

Descriptive

1998–2016

9 RCTs

2404

Adults with a diagnosis of mental illness

Case management

Moderate

Han et al. (2019)

Descriptive

1991–2016

28 studies:

12 RCTs

5 NR controlled studies

7 Single group BA

1 Cross-sectional study 1 Qualitative

1 Mixed-methods

27,055

Community-dwelling individuals with CVD and/or CVD risk factors

Nurse-led services

Moderate

Huntley et al. (2016)

Meta-analysis

1993–2012

32 articles reporting 22 studies:

17 RCTs

5 NRCTs

8626

Adults with heart failure

Case management

Moderate

Latour et al. (2007)

Descriptive

 

10 studies:

8 RCTs

2 controlled before/ after studies

5092

Patients over 18 years of age and were defined as complex; patients with acute or chronic medical condition(s) and described other vulnerabilities

Case management

Moderate

Massimi et al. (2017)

Meta-analysis

2000–2013

29 articles reporting 23 RCTs

10,162

Patients > 18 years old with a diagnosis of chronic disease or multiple morbidity

Educational intervention

High

Oeseburg et al. (2009)

Descriptive

1997–2004

8 RCTs

14,587

Frail older people

Case management intervention

Moderate

Osakwe et al. (2020)

Descriptive

1995–2018

7 studies:

2 RCTs

3 Quasi-experimental

1 Observational cohort study

1 Mixed-methods program evaluation

1748

Adults ≥ 65 years old post hospital discharge

Nurse-led services

Low - Moderate

Parker et al. (2016)

Meta-analysis

2003–2013

7 studies:

2 Cluster RCTs

2 RCTs

1 Cluster observational cohort study 1 Cluster controlled BA study

18,379

Adult participants (aged above 18 years) with T2D

Nurse-led services

Moderate

Rice et al. (2018)

Descriptive

1967–2010

7 RCTs

3549

Adults 18 years and older with HF

Nurse-led education

Low - Moderate

Schadewaldt et Schultz (2011)

Meta-analysis

1998–2007

13 articles reporting 7 RCTs

3246

Adults (aged > 18 years) admitted to a hospital or a general practice with newly diagnosed or existing coronary heart disease

Nurse-led care

Low

Tabesh et al. (2018)

Descriptive

2002–2011

9 RCTs

1974

Adults aged 18 years with T2D

Nurse prescribing

Moderate

Taylor et al. (2005)

Meta-analysis

1987–2003

9 RCTs

1057

Patients with COPD

Case management

Low

Vermeire et al. (2005)

Meta-analysis

 

21 studies:

14 RCTs

4 controlled BA

1 epidemiological study

1 cross-over study

1 controlled trial

4135

Participants with type 2 diabetes

Interventions for improving the adherence to treatment recommendations

Moderate

Wang et al. (2019)

Meta-analysis

1998–2015

17 RCTs

2701

Adults with type 2 diabetes

Nurse prescribing

Critically low

Wong et al. (2012)

Meta-analysis

1987–2006

9 RCTs

1498

Participants with COPD

Nurse-led care

Moderate 

Yu-Mei Chen et al. (2019)

Meta-analysis

1995–2016

12 RCTs

3030

Adults (age 18 & above) with T2D

Nurse-led tele-coaching

Low

  1. BA, before-after; COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; CVD, Cardiovascular disease; HF, Heart failure; RCT, Randomized Controlled Trial; T2D, Type 2 diabetes