Antivirals plus corticosteroids vs corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment: Motor synkinesis or crocodile tears № of participants: 469 (2 RCTs)
Antivirals plus corticosteroids probably leads to lower motor synkinesis or crocodile tears № of participants: 469 (2 RCTs) compared with corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antivirals plus corticosteroids vs corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) Motor synkinesis or crocodile tears № of participants: 469 (2 RCTs) · Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) Antivirals plus corticosteroids probably leads to lower motor synkinesis or crocodile tears № of participants: 469 (2 RCTs) compared with corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) (moderate certainty). Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.56 [0.36, 0.87] | Not reported | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) 2019 · 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.