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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Every word you type has to appear somewhere in the question, and the closest matches are ranked first.

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15,213 questions in 2,394 reviews

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Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

QuestionEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
External pneumatic intermittent compression vs rest
Symptoms associated with varicose veins and oedema · Pregnant women with varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy
Interventions for varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Interferon beta‐1a vs placebo
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate vs placebo
Change in muscle mass at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate vs placebo
Change in handgrip strength at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate vs placebo
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intravenous immunoglobulin vs placebo
Change in muscle strength at 12 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and anti‐T lymphocyte immunoglobulin vs methotrexate
Change in muscle mass at 12 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and anti‐T lymphocyte immunoglobulin vs methotrexate
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and azathioprine vs methotrexate (plus leucovorin)
Change in muscle strength at 12 months (%) (using MMT or QMT) at 12 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and azathioprine vs methotrexate (plus leucovorin)
Change in muscle mass at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and azathioprine vs methotrexate (plus leucovorin)
Change in handgrip strength at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Methotrexate and azathioprine vs methotrexate (plus leucovorin)
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intravenous immunoglobulin vs placebo
Change in muscle mass at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Oxandrolone vs placebo
Change in muscle strength at 12 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Oxandrolone vs placebo
Change in handgrip strength at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Oxandrolone vs placebo
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Oxandrolone vs placebo
Significant adverse events · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intravenous immunoglobulin vs placebo
Change in handgrip strength at 6 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intravenous immunoglobulin vs placebo
Change in timed walk at 6 months (%) e.g. 10‐metre or 6‐minute walk test at 6 months ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Interferon beta‐1a vs placebo
Change in muscle strength at 12 months (%) ‐ not measured · people with inclusion body myositis
Treatment for inclusion body myositis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Treatment of UI after radical: combinations of treatments vs no treatment
Economic Analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · patients with postprostatectomy UI
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Adverse events ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: electric or magnetic energy vs no treatment
Number of incontinent men after 12 months ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: electric or magnetic energy vs no treatment
Adverse events ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: electric or magnetic energy vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: combinations of treatments vs no treatment
Quality of life Score assessed using (ICIQ‐SF) or (ICIQ‐ SF UI score) ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: combinations of treatments vs no treatment
Adverse events ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: combinations of treatments vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (PFMT pre and post‐operation versus PFMT post‐operation)
Quality of Life Score assessed using (ICIQ‐SF) or (ICIQ‐SF UI score) after 12 months ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (PFMT pre and post‐operation versus PFMT post‐operation)
Economic Analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (PFMT + penile vibration pre and post‐operation versus PFMT pre and post‐operation)
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (pre‐operative PFMT + electrical stimulation versus pre‐operative PFMT)
Number of incontinent men after 12 months ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Treatment of UI after radical: PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment;
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · patients with postprostatectomy urinary incontinence
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (pre‐operative PFMT + electrical stimulation versus pre‐operative PFMT)
Adverse events ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after radical: one active treatment vs another active treatment (pre‐operative PFMT + electrical stimulation versus pre‐operative PFMT)
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after radical prostatectomy
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Treatment of UI after TURP: PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Adverse events ‐ not reported · Men with UI after TURP
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Treatment of UI after TURP: PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · Men with UI after TURP
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after TURP: pre or post‐operative PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Urinary Incontinence Score assessed using (ICIQ‐SF) or (ICIQ‐SF UI score) at 12 months ‐ not reported · All men after TURP
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after TURP: pre or post‐operative PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Adverse events ‐ not reported · All men after TURP
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Prevention of UI after TURP: pre or post‐operative PFMT ± biofeedback vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · All men after TURP
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Treatment of UI after radical: electric or magnetic energy vs no treatment
Economic analysis using QALY ‐ not reported · Patients with postprostatectomy UI
Conservative management for postprostatectomy urinary incontinence (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Biofeedback vs usual care
Adverse events post‐intervention ‐ not reported · patients with fibromyalgia
Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Mindfulness vs usual care
Adverse events post‐intervention ‐ not reported · patients with fibromyalgia
Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Relaxation vs usual care
Adverse events post‐intervention ‐ not reported · patients with fibromyalgia
Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Treatment comparisons · trial participants with dendritic or geographic epithelial keratitis Outcomes: corneal epithelial healing at 7 and 14…
Antiviral treatment and other therapeutic interventions for herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Treatment comparisons · trial participants with dendritic or geographic epithelial keratitis Outcomes: corneal epithelial healing at 7 and 14…
Antiviral treatment and other therapeutic interventions for herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Treatment comparisons · trial participants with dendritic or geographic epithelial keratitis Outcomes: corneal epithelial healing at 7 and 14…
Antiviral treatment and other therapeutic interventions for herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Treatment comparisons · trial participants with dendritic or geographic epithelial keratitis Outcomes: corneal epithelial healing at 7 and 14…
Antiviral treatment and other therapeutic interventions for herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
SSRIs or SNRIs vs amitriptyline
Symptomatic/analgesic medication use for acute headache attacks · patients for whom migraine preventive interventions are indicated
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin‐norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for… (2015) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies