tDCS vs active control: Dropouts, adverse events and deaths during intervention phase Numbers of dropouts, adverse events and deaths from all causes
tDCS showed no clear difference in secondary outcome measure: dropouts, adverse events and deaths… compared with any type of active control intervention (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
tDCS vs any type of active control intervention Secondary outcome measure: dropouts, adverse events and deaths during the intervention periodAdverse events, dropouts and deaths during the intervention period · people with stroke tDCS showed no clear difference in secondary outcome measure: dropouts, adverse events and deaths… compared with any type of active control intervention (moderate certainty). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and… (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.76 [0.43, 7.17] | 7 studies · 209 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning, in people… 2020 · 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.