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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.

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15,213 questions in 2,394 reviews

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No 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.

QuestionEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Summary of findings: oral steroids plus antibiotic vs control plus antibiotic
Symptoms · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: intranasal steroids vs control
Symptoms · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: intranasal steroids plus oral antibiotic vs control plus antibiotic
Hearing loss · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: intranasal steroids plus oral antibiotic vs control plus antibiotic
OME resolution at short‐term · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: intranasal steroids plus oral antibiotic vs control plus antibiotic
OME resolution at long‐term · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: oral steroids vs control
OME resolution at long‐term · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Summary of findings: oral steroids vs control
Symptoms · Children with otitis media with effusion
Oral or topical nasal steroids for hearing loss associated with otitis media with effusion in children (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
ACR 50% improvement ‐ not measured · patients with treating rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Change in radiographic progression ‐ not measured · patients with Rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Achievement of low disease state (DAS 28) ‐ not measured · patients with Rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Change in radiographic progression ‐ not measured · patients with treating rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Achievement of low disease state (DAS 28) ‐ not measured · patients with treating rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Change in pain ‐ not measured · patients with Rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
HAQ disability score ‐ not measured · patients with Rheumatoid arthritis
Herbal therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Pain ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (>12 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (mean 23 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Pain ‐ not reported · patients with chronic (>6 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Disabilty ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (>6 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (>6 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (>12 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events ‐ not reported · patients with lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Pain ‐ not reported · patients with chronic (mean 23 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Disability ‐ not measured · patients with chronic (mean 23 months) lateral elbow pain
Surgery for lateral elbow pain (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Major neurological sequelae · Children aged 6‐60 months with cerebral malaria
Mannitol and other osmotic diuretics as adjuncts for treating cerebral malaria (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Time to hospital discharge · Children aged 6‐60 months with cerebral malaria
Mannitol and other osmotic diuretics as adjuncts for treating cerebral malaria (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Need for ventilation · Children aged 6‐60 months with cerebral malaria
Mannitol and other osmotic diuretics as adjuncts for treating cerebral malaria (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation · Children aged 6‐60 months with cerebral malaria
Mannitol and other osmotic diuretics as adjuncts for treating cerebral malaria (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Development of diabetic complications · patients with LADA
Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health‐related quality of life · patients with LADA
Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Death from any cause · patients with LADA
Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health service utilisation and costs · patients with LADA
Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Satisfaction with physical environment ‐ not reported · healthcare personnel
The psychological effects of the physical healthcare environment on healthcare personnel (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Insulin detemir (intervention) vs Insulin glargin (control)
Mortality ‐ not reported · patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Insulin detemir versus insulin glargine for type 2 diabetes mellitus (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Insulin detemir (intervention) vs Insulin glargin (control)
Quality of life and treatment satisfaction ‐ not reported · patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Insulin detemir versus insulin glargine for type 2 diabetes mellitus (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Ability to search for online health information ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Knowledge and understanding of how to find, evaluate and use online health information ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Computer literacy ‐ not measured · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events · Adult consumers
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Health service use · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Adverse events · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
CI: Confidence interval · informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Incidence of STI3 ‐ not reported · patients with women living with HIV
Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Primary outcomes and adverse effects · Preschool children from socially disadvantaged families
Home‐based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Intervention NR
Harms or adverse events ‐ not reported · patients and carers
Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs simvastatin
Cardiovascular events ‐ not reported · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs pravastatin
Health‐related quality of life ‐ not reported · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs pravastatin
Health costs · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs simvastatin
Death from any cause ‐ not reported · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs simvastatin
Health‐related quality of life ‐ not reported · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Xuezhikang vs simvastatin
Health costs ‐ not reported · patients with hypercholesterolemia
Chinese herbal medicines for hypercholesterolemia (2011) · Cochrane
no estimate extractedNRNo studies