Music intervention plus standard care vs usual care: Retention in treatment
- Population
- people with substance use disorders
- Intervention
- Music intervention plus standard care
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Retention in treatment
Music therapy plus standard care showed no clear difference in retention in treatment compared with standard care alone (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Music therapy plus standard care vs standard care alone Retention in treatment · people with substance use disorders Music therapy plus standard care showed no clear difference in retention in treatment compared with standard care alone (moderate certainty). Music therapy for people with substance use disorders (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.99 [0.93, 1.05] | 6 studies · 199 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music therapy for people with substance use disorders 2022 · 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.