Electrical stimulation vs Placebo / sham solution: Participants cured or improved
Electrical stimulation probably leads to higher participants cured or improved compared with placebo or sham treatment (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Electrical stimulation vs placebo or sham treatment Participants cured or improved · Adults with overactive bladder (OAB) Electrical stimulation probably leads to higher participants cured or improved compared with placebo or sham treatment (moderate certainty). Electrical stimulation with non‐implanted electrodes for overactive bladder in adults (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.26 [1.85, 2.77] | 10 studies · 677 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical stimulation with non‐implanted electrodes for overactive bladder in adults 2016 · 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.