Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths vs carbon dioxide baths only: Improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point scale (no pain/sporadic/daily/continuous)
Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths showed no clear difference in improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point… compared with carbon dioxide baths only (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths vs carbon dioxide baths only Improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point scale (no pain/sporadic/daily/continuous) · participants with rheumatoid arthritis Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths showed no clear difference in improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point… compared with carbon dioxide baths only (low certainty). Balneotherapy (or spa therapy) for rheumatoid arthritis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.38 [0.64, 2.93] | 1 study · 60 participants | Low |
Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths vs carbon dioxide baths only Improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point scale (no pain/sporadic/daily/continuous) · participants with rheumatoid arthritis Additional radon in carbon dioxide baths may leads to higher improvement More than 1 category change in pain intensity on 4‐point… compared with carbon dioxide baths only (low certainty). Balneotherapy (or spa therapy) for rheumatoid arthritis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.29 [1.1, 4.74] | 1 study · 60 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balneotherapy (or spa therapy) for rheumatoid arthritis 2015 · 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.