Phytotherapy vs Another topical agent or placebo: Prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25% or 6‐point decrease in NIH‐CPSI scores
Phytotherapy probably leads to higher prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25%… compared with placebo or other agents (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Phytotherapy vs placebo or other agents Prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25% or 6‐point decrease in NIH‐CPSI scores · men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome Phytotherapy probably leads to higher prostatitis symptoms: 'responders' Number of participants with a 25%… compared with placebo or other agents (moderate certainty). Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.78 [1.25, 2.52] | 3 studies · 224 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome 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.