Topical active treatment in combination with moisturiser vs topical active treatment alone: Number of participants who experienced a flare
Topical active treatment in combination with moisturiser may leads to lower number of participants who experienced a flare compared with topical active treatment alone (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical active treatment in combination with moisturiser vs topical active treatment alone Number of participants who experienced a flare · people with eczema Topical active treatment in combination with moisturiser may leads to lower number of participants who experienced a flare compared with topical active treatment alone (low certainty). Emollients and moisturisers for eczema (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.43 [0.2, 0.93] | 1 study · 105 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emollients and moisturisers for eczema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.