Effects of Social Support Interventions on Medical Patient Survival: A Meta-Analysis of Non-Randomized Clinical Trials.

Healthcare (Basel) · 2026 · PMC12841574 · PMID 41595413

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failed to reach statistical significancep = 0.0546so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Results : Across four studies reporting hazard ratio data, the results failed to reach statistical significance (HR = 2.10, 95% CI = 0.99 to 4.48, p = 0.0546), and the results of ten studies reporting odds ratio data were of smaller magnitude (OR = 1.27, 95% CI [0.72, 2.23], p > 0.05).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In support of this interpretation, the percentage of participants who had died at the time of data evaluation also demonstrated a positive relationship with the effect sizes, although it did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.07).

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