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Table 6 information of association between adherence and outcome

From: Methods for assessment of patient adherence to removable orthoses used after surgery or trauma to the appendicular skeleton: a systematic review

Study name

Type of association

What was reported?

Were outcomes improved in compliant patients?

Cuff 2012 [9]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Comparison of outcomes between compliance groups

Yes

Groth 1994 [10]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Comparison of outcomes between compliance groups

Yes

Guillodo 2011 [23]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Correlation between length of brace use + subjective assessment of recovery

No

Midgley 2011 [25]

Narrative analysis

States no difference in outcomes with length of orthosis use

No

O’Brien 2011 [11]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Correlation between compliance + clinical outcome

Mixed

Rives 1992 [13]

Descriptive quantitative analysis

Outcomes for each group without statistical comparison

Yes

Roh 2016 [12]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Multivariate regression analysis of adherence as a predictor of outcome

Yes

Sandford 2008 [28]

Narrative analysis

Recorded individual compliance of patients with poor outcome

Inconclusive

Silverio 2014 [27]

Statistical quantitative analysis

Correlation between compliance + clinical outcome

No