Decisional conflict: decision aid versus usual care ‐ all studies ‐ Uninformed sub‐scale standardized on score from 0 (not uninformed) to 100 (uninformed) [soon after exposure to the decision aid] · adults considering treatment or screening decisions
1 finding from 1 review
Unclear values · adults considering treatment or screening decisions
1 finding from 1 review
Participation in decision making: clinician‐controlled decision making ‐ all studies Assessed soon after consultation with clinician · adults considering treatment or screening decisions
Patient decision aids leads to lower participation in decision‐making: clinician‐controlled… compared with usual care (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Decision regret · adults considering treatment or screening decisions
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical improvement ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
Surgery probably leads to higher clinical improvement ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months compared with splint (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Function ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Pain VAS 0‐100 (higher means worse) · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of life ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse effects · carpal tunnel syndrome
It is very uncertain whether surgery changes adverse effects compared with corticosteroid injection (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Need for surgery or secondary surgery during · carpal tunnel syndrome
It is very uncertain whether surgery changes need for surgery or secondary surgery during compared with corticosteroid injection (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
CTS symptoms (Boston CTS questionnaire) ‐ long‐term improvement: > 3 monthsScale: 1 to 5, higher is worse · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Function (Boston CTS questionnaire) ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 monthsScale: 1 to 5, higher is worse · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Health‐related quality of life (EQ‐5D) ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months Scale: 0 to 1, higher is better · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects · carpal tunnel syndrome
It is very uncertain whether surgery changes adverse effects compared with splint (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Need for surgery or secondary surgery during · carpal tunnel syndrome
Surgery probably leads to lower need for surgery or secondary surgery during compared with splint (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical improvement ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
It is very uncertain whether surgery changes clinical improvement ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months compared with corticosteroid injection (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptoms ‐ Long‐term improvement: > 3 months · carpal tunnel syndrome
1 finding from 1 review
Significant improvement in disability within 6 weeks · people with CIDP
Intravenous immunoglobulin leads to higher significant improvement in disability within 6 weeks compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Change in mean disability score on Rankin scale · people with CIDP
1 finding from 1 review