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Counselling (non-directive) vs usual care: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
- Population
- People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer
- Intervention
- Counselling (non-directive)
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Counselling (non-directive) vs Usual care Pain intensity · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer Psychological therapies for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes | Lupton 1968: multi-arm study; counselling arm versus usual care. No usable pain-reduction data reported and could not be combined in meta-analysis (Table 1). | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological therapies for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2021-10 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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