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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

72 questions · 90 findings · 8 reviews

No studies found 4 · 4.4%GRADE not reported 8 · 8.9%Very low 30 · 33.3%Low 28 · 31.1%Moderate 20 · 22.2%High 0 · 0%

CBT vs alternative treatment

Mental distress · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) may leads to lower psychological distress at follow-up compared with alternative (active) treatment (e.g. oral splint, medication,… (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

CBT vs inactive control (usual care care, attention control, waitlist)

Mental distress · People aged 12 years and over with painful TMD lasting 3 months or longer

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) showed no clear difference in psychological distress at follow-up compared with usual care, waiting list or no treatment (control) (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

CBT vs ALL OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

Mental state: General ‐ clinically important change (no improvement) · patients with schizophrenia

CBT showed no clear difference in mental state: General ‐ clinically important change (no improvement) compared with ALL OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

CBT vs ALL OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

Satisfaction with treatment: leaving the study early Endpoint data (events) · patients with schizophrenia

CBT may leads to lower satisfaction with treatment ‐ leaving the study early for any reason compared with ALL OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

CBT vs TAU

AEs · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
3 findings from 2 reviews · compare the 2 reviews

CBT vs TAU

Reduction in pain intensity · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults

It is very uncertain whether CBT changes pain intensity (number of people with ≥ 30 % improvement)… compared with TAU (at follow‐up) (very low certainty).

2 findings from 2 reviews · compare the 2 reviews

CBT vs TAU

Functional disability (Higher scores indicate higher levels of disability) · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
2 findings from 1 review

CBT vs TAU

Quality of life (Higher scores indicate improvement) · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
2 findings from 1 review

CBT vs active control

Participant‐reported pain relief of 30% or greater · chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults
2 findings from 1 review