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Strong opioids vs placebo: Disability (higher ratings mean greater disability). Various instruments were used, e.g. in Oswestry Disability Index > 6 months' post operative 0% (no disability) to 100% (bedridden)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Strong opioids vs placebo Disability (higher ratings mean greater disability). Various instruments were used, for example 0% (no disability) to 100% (bed‐ridden) · people with chronic low‐back pain Opioids compared to placebo or other treatments for chronic low‐back pain (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 1375 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opioids compared to placebo or other treatments for chronic low‐back pain 2013 · 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
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