A systematic review 1 including 11 RCTs with a total of 3,433 subjects and follow-up time of 0.8 to 4 years was abstracted in DARE.
6/8 trials reported a lower incidence of childhood injury in the group that received home visits. Pooled odds ratio of injury for the 8 trials was 0.74 (95% CI 0.60 to 0.92). Four studies examining the effect of home visiting in the first year of life only had a pooled odds ratio of 0.98 (95% CI 0.62 to 1.53).
Comment: The quality of evidence is downgraded by sparse data (wide confidence intervals)
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