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77 questions · 94 findings · 18 reviews

No studies found 15 · 16%GRADE not reported 20 · 21.3%Very low 20 · 21.3%Low 21 · 22.3%Moderate 13 · 13.8%High 5 · 5.3%

Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention

Cessation · People wanting to quit smoking

Behavioural weight management interventions may leads to lower smoking cessation at 12 months ‐ Personalised weight management… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention

Smoking cessation · People wanting to quit smoking

Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in smoking cessation at 6 months ‐ Weight management education versus… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Educational or behavioural interventions for patients vs usual care

Blood pressure target achievement · The trials included a total of 33,840 participants with cerebrovascular disease. The mean or median age of participants ranged from 60…

Educational or behavioural interventions for patients showed no clear difference in blood pressure target achievement compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral hygiene interventions (mechanical plaque removal): knowledge-based, behavioural, or skills training for people with ID or their carers vs Usual care, no care, or a similar alternative intervention

Any unintended (positive or negative) effects of the interventions · People with intellectual disabilities (ID), living at home, in day care, in hospital or in a residential care setting; all levels of ID as…
1 finding from 1 review
  • Adverse/unintended effects addressed narratively: 10 of 34 studies investigated or reported negative unintended or adverse effects (e.g. difficulty with the electric or 3-headed toothbrushes, being frightened by the…
    10 studies
    GRADE not reported

Psychological / counselling interventions (counselling, acupuncture, cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation therapy, behaviour modification, electromyographic biofeedback, hypnosis, re-education) vs Another intervention, or no intervention

Outcome not reported · Patients of any age in any setting requiring intervention for iatrogenic injury to the inferior alveolar or lingual nerve

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Group C cognitive behavioural therapy: cognitive behavioural therapy + supportive intervention vs non‐directive reflective listening + supportive intervention

Prodromal symptoms: transition to psychosis Endpoint data (events) · people in the prodromal stage of psychosis

It is very uncertain whether group C cognitive behavioural therapy: cognitive behavioural therapy… changes prodromal symptoms: transition to psychosis Endpoint data (events) compared with non‐directive reflective listening + supportive intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Group C cognitive behavioural therapy: cognitive behavioural therapy + supportive intervention vs non‐directive reflective listening + supportive intervention

Satisfaction with treatment: leaving the study early Endpoint data (events) · people in the prodromal stage of psychosis

It is very uncertain whether group C cognitive behavioural therapy: cognitive behavioural therapy… changes satisfaction with treatment: leaving the study early Endpoint data… compared with non‐directive reflective listening + supportive intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral hygiene interventions (mechanical plaque removal): knowledge-based, behavioural, or skills training for people with ID or their carers vs Usual care, no care, or a similar alternative intervention

Dental caries levels of people with ID · People with intellectual disabilities (ID), living at home, in day care, in hospital or in a residential care setting; all levels of ID as…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review