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Autoinflation vs no treatment: Disease‐specific quality of life
- Population
- children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
- Intervention
- Autoinflation
- Comparison
- no treatment
- Outcome
- Disease‐specific quality of life
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Autoinflation vs no treatment Disease‐specific quality of life Mean difference in standardised OMQ‐14 scores (lower score is favourable) · otitis media with effusion (OME) in children aged 6 months to 12 years Autoinflation for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | Not reported | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autoinflation for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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