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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. Words match anywhere in the field.
15,213 questions in 2,394 reviews
current versionsNo studies 15,213 · 100%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
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.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention NR Overall healthcare utilisation · general population Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co‐payment on rational use of medicines (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Health outcomes · general population Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co‐payment on rational use of medicines (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Insurer perspective (expenditures on health care) · vulnerable and general populations Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co‐payment on rational use of medicines (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Healthcare utilisation · vulnerable and general populations Pharmaceutical policies: effects of cap and co‐payment on rational use of medicines (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Dance/movement therapy vs standard care CI: Confidence interval · patients with improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients Dance/movement therapy for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR All cause mortality · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Incidence of febrile neutropenia · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Quality of life · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Incidence of severe infections · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Adverse events · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Infection‐related mortality · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Quality of life · cancer patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy Prophylactic antibiotics or G(M)‐CSF for the prevention of infections and improvement of survival in cancer… (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
All diet and/or exercise interventions vs standard/other care Mean GWG (kg) · pregnant women Diet or exercise, or both, for preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Prevalence of psychological trauma (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) Measured by various scales ‐ Impact of Event Scale (IES), MINI‐PTSD · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Prevalence of depression or depressive symptoms (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) Measured by various scales ‐ EPDS, HADS · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Prevalence of anxiety (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) Measured by HADS · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Prevalence of fear of childbirth (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Prevalence of general psychological morbidity (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Health service utilization (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Attrition from treatment (short term: up to 3 months postpartum) · Women of any age who had given birth within one month of the intervention being offered Debriefing interventions for the prevention of psychological trauma in women following childbirth (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intramedullary fixation vs open reduction and internal fixation with plate Quality of life ‐ not measured · adults (aged ≥ 16 years) with acute middle third clavicle fractures Surgical interventions for treating acute fractures or non‐union of the middle third of the clavicle (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intramedullary fixation vs open reduction and internal fixation with plate Return to previous activities ‐ not measured · adults (aged ≥ 16 years) with acute middle third clavicle fractures Surgical interventions for treating acute fractures or non‐union of the middle third of the clavicle (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
DCS and cognitive and behavioural therapies vs placebo and cognitive and behavioural therapies Quality of life · Children and adolescents with anxiety disorders Augmentation of cognitive and behavioural therapies (CBT) with d‐cycloserine for anxiety and related disorders (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Amantadine vs placebo Activity limitations ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Prednisone vs placebo Activity limitations ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Muscle strengthening vs control Activity limitations ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation in cold climate vs usual care Adverse events ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation in warm climate vs usual care Adverse events ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Static magnetic fields vs placebo Activity limitations ‐ not measured · people with postpolio syndrome Treatment for postpolio syndrome (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Computerised antenatal CTG vs traditional antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complications) Admission to neonatal special care unit or intensive care unit · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Computerised antenatal CTG vs traditional antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complications) Neurodevelopmental disability at 12 months of age · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Computerised antenatal CTG vs traditional antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complications) Caesarean section for non‐reassuring or abnormal fetal heart rate patterns · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Computerised antenatal CTG vs traditional antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complications) Women's satisfaction with care · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Traditional antenatal CTG vs no antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complication) Neurodevelopmental disability at 12 months of age · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Traditional antenatal CTG vs no antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complication) Caesarean section for non‐reassuring or abnormal fetal heart rate patterns · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Traditional antenatal CTG vs no antenatal CTG (women at increased risk of complication) Women's satisfaction with care · Pregnant women with/without complications Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Comparisons** · Women in assisted reproductive technology cycles (ART) receiving human pre‐implantation embryos in either early… Culture media for human pre‐implantation embryos in assisted reproductive technology cycles (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Surgery vs conservative treatment Mortality ‐ not reported · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Surgery vs conservative treatment Quality of life ‐ not measured · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Surgery vs conservative treatment Major complications ‐ not reported · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs placebo Pain ‐ Any grade · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs placebo Dose reductions · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs cidofovir Pain ‐ Any grade · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs cidofovir Fatigue ‐ Any grade · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs cidofovir Headache ‐ Any grade · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Summary of findings for imiquimod vs cidofovir Treatment discontinuation · women with high‐grade VIN Medical interventions for high‐grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chronic disease management vs usual care Number of hospitalisations per patient ‐ not reported · adults with asthma Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chronic disease management vs usual care Number of emergency room or unscheduled visits ‐ not reported · adults with asthma Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chronic disease management vs usual care Asthma exacerbations ‐ not measured · adults with asthma Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chronic disease management vs usual care Days off work ‐ not measured · adults with asthma Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |