Antivirals plus corticosteroids vs corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment: Incomplete recovery at end of study № of participants: 766 (3 RCTs)
Antivirals plus corticosteroids showed no clear difference in incomplete recovery at end of study № of participants: 766 (3 RCTs) compared with corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antivirals plus corticosteroids vs corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) Incomplete recovery at end of study № of participants: 766 (3 RCTs) · Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) Antivirals plus corticosteroids showed no clear difference in incomplete recovery at end of study № of participants: 766 (3 RCTs) compared with corticosteroids plus placebo or no treatment (AS versus OS) (low certainty). Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.81 [0.38, 1.74] | Not reported | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiviral treatment for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) 2019 · 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.