Table 2 Risk of bias: Randomised controlled trials
Author, year | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants and personnel | Blinding of outcome assessment | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | Other bias | Overall risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transitional care7 | ||||||||
 Jaarsma, 2008 [44] | Low | Unclear | High | Low | Low | Low | None | Low |
Nurse-led outpatient clinic | ||||||||
 Driscoll, 2014 [45] | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Low | None | Low |
Telemonitoring programs | ||||||||
 Schwarz, 2008 [59] | Unclear | Low | High | Unclear | Unclear | Low | None | Unclear |
 Woodend, 2008 [57] | Unclear | Low | High | Unclear | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Chaudhry, 2010 [55] | Low | Unclear | High | Low | Unclear | Low | None | Low |
 Koehler, 2011 [52] | Low | Unclear | High | Low | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Angermann, 2012 [39] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Dendale, 2012 [54] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Pekmezaris, 2012 [56] | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Krum, 2013 [53] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | None | Low |
 Black, 2014 [58] | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | None | Unclear |