Ketogenic diet (KD) vs usual care: Quality of life
- Population
- children (aged 1 to 18 years) with drug‐resistant epilepsy
- Intervention
- Ketogenic diet (KD)
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Quality of life
It is very uncertain whether ketogenic diet (KD) changes quality of life compared with usual care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Ketogenic diet (KD) vs usual care Quality of life · children (aged 1 to 18 years) with drug‐resistant epilepsy It is very uncertain whether ketogenic diet (KD) changes quality of life compared with usual care (very low certainty). Ketogenic diets for drug‐resistant epilepsy (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 16 | 1 study · 57 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketogenic diets for drug‐resistant epilepsy 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
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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.