Habit reversal vs waiting list control: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
- Population
- Adults over 18 years of age with chronic orofacial pain (temporomandibular disorder (TMD))
- Intervention
- Habit reversal
- Comparison
- waiting list control
- Outcome
- Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
Habit reversal led to lower pain intensity (short term / post-treatment) compared with waiting list control; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Habit reversal vs Waiting list control Pain intensity (short term / post-treatment) · Adults over 18 years of age with chronic orofacial pain (temporomandibular disorder (TMD)) · Short term (post-treatment) Habit reversal led to lower pain intensity (short term / post-treatment) compared with waiting list control; GRADE not reported. Psychosocial interventions for the management of chronic orofacial pain (2011) · Cochrane All outcomes | SMD -1.31 [-1.97, -0.65] | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychosocial interventions for the management of chronic orofacial pain 2011 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2010-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
- Habit reversal vs waiting list control · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer · 1 review
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.