Question · asked by 1 review

Motivational interview plus oral health education vs Oral health education: Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index

Population
People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per NIMH 1987, or with diagnosed schizophrenia, schizophrenia-like disorders, bipolar disorder, or serious affective disorder
Intervention
Motivational interview plus oral health education
Comparison
Oral health education
Outcome
Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index

It is very uncertain whether motivational interview plus oral health education changes dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index compared with oral health education (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Motivational interview plus oral health education vs Oral health education
Dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index · People with serious mental illness (all included participants had schizophrenia); majority aged 18 to 65 years per…
It is very uncertain whether motivational interview plus oral health education changes dental state: No clinically important change in plaque index compared with oral health education (very low certainty).
Oral health education (advice and training) for people with serious mental illness (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes
MD -0.6 [-1.02, -0.18]1 study · 56 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Oral health education (advice and training) for people with serious mental illness
2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
2015-11Not listedNot assessed
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