Effectiveness of nurse-led transitional care interventions for adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Components of each study on transitional care interventions 1)

Author [Ref. Number]	Discharge planning	Case management	Telephone follow-up	Patient education	Self-management	Medication intervention	Home Visits	Follow-up scheduled	Patient-centered discharge instructions	Clinician continuity	Timely follow-up	Timely PCP communication	Patient hotline	Rehabilitation intervention	Streamlining	Making requisite		Other
Harrison et al. 2002 [26]			1	1	1		1		1	1					1
Latour et al. 2007 [27]	1	1	1		1		1				1	1				1
Li et al. 2014 [28]	1		1	1												1
Goldman et al. 2014 [29]	1		1	1	1	1			1			1	1
Chow et al. 2014 [30]			1		1	1	1				1	1
Wong et al. 2015 [31]			1	1	1		1								1
Chan et al. 2015 [32]	1	1	1	1	1	1			1			1	1				1	Engage caregivers in education and training
Zhang et al. 2017 [33]		1	1	1	1		1										1	Group activity for CAD patients
Liu L 2018 [34]	1		1	1		1	1							1			1	Nurse-led multidisciplinary team, also targeting primary caregivers
Spall et al. 2019 [35]	1	1	1	1	1		1		1			1			1		1	Heart Failure Self-Care Education for Informal Caregivers
Cui et al. 2019 [36]			1	1	1						1	1		1		1	1	Detailed exercise plan, encourage family participation, contact social support
Lisby et al. 2019 [37]		1	1			1			1							1
Liu Z et al. 2020 [38]	1		1	1	1									1		1
Gilbert et al. 2021 [39]	1	1	1				1		1			1			1
Coskun et al. 2022 [40]	1	1					1	1							1		1	Multidisciplinary team including patients and caregivers
Lin et al. 2022 [41]			1	1	1	1					1				1		1	Interventions for patient and family caregiver pairs

1) Transition care components were categorized using 18 elements from previous studies [13, 22]

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