Moisturisers vs vehicle, placebo or no moisturiser: Number of participants reporting an adverse event
All moisturisers showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting an adverse event compared with vehicle, placebo or no moisturiser (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
All moisturisers vs vehicle, placebo or no moisturiser Number of participants reporting an adverse event · people with eczema All moisturisers showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting an adverse event compared with vehicle, placebo or no moisturiser (moderate certainty). Emollients and moisturisers for eczema (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.03 [0.82, 1.3] | 10 studies · 1275 participants | Moderate |
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.