CBT vs TAU: Reduction in pain intensity
- Population
- chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
- Intervention
- CBT
- Comparison
- TAU
- Outcome
- Reduction in pain intensity
Reviews word the same question differently. Two decision models (TypeSafe's Jev and Liquid AI's d1) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others, and rows count as this question only when both agree on all four. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each row.
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
How each review answered it
Include earlier review versions| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
CBT vs TAU (at follow‐up) Pain intensity (number of people with ≥ 30 % improvement) Interventions lasted 13 weeks · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults Psychological therapies delivered remotely for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults (2023) · Cochrane | RR 1.7 [0.82, 3.53] | 1 study · 69 participants | Very low |
Summary of findings: CBT vs TAU Pain intensity at the end of treatment as measured by multiple scales including VAS, BPI, AIMS, numerical rating scale, MPI Higher scores indicate higher pain intensity · Adults with chronic pain (excluding headache) Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 29 studies · 2572 participants | Moderate |
Trials and studies behind the answers
The primary studies that full-text reviews tie to these outcomes. Reviews from the Summary of Findings tier list no included studies here, and trials have not yet been matched to questions on their own, so this list is incomplete.