What do systematic reviews say?

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs waiting list control

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 31 participants
  Low

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs waiting list control

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills showed no clear difference in abstinence from drug use compared with waiting list control (low certainty).

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 2.89 [0.73, 11.43]
  1 study · 31 participants
  Low

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs treatment

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 40 participants
  Very low

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs treatment

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 40 participants
  Very low

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs treatment

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 40 participants
  Very low

Motivational interviewing/mindfulness and cognitive skills vs treatment

• Interventions for drug‐using offenders with co‐occurring mental health problems 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 84 participants
  Very low

Multicomponent motivational interviewing/self‐management intervention with a multi component education intervention vs telephone‐based individual educational counselling plus group education

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Patient and lay carer education for preventing pressure ulceration in at‐risk populations 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Multicomponent motivational interviewing/self‐management intervention with a multi component education intervention vs telephone‐based individual educational counselling plus group education

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Patient and lay carer education for preventing pressure ulceration in at‐risk populations 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Brief motivational interviewing (BMI) vs usual treatment alone

Brief one-session, manual-guided discussion based on the principles… led to lower alcohol consumption: consuming more than 21 units of alcohol per week compared with treatment at the outpatient clinic as usual; GRADE not reported.

• One‐to‐one dietary interventions undertaken in a dental setting to change dietary behaviour 2012 · Cochrane All outcomes

  12 months
  RR 0.52 [0.32, 0.85]
  1 study · 151 participants
  GRADE not reported

Comprehensive oral health intervention (oral health education plus additional support: motivational interviewing, toothbrush/toothpaste provision, community engagement, and/or fluoride varnish/sealant application) delivered by non-dental health workers vs control (no intervention/usual care/isotonic exercise)

Comprehensive interventions produced a small, statistically significant reduction in surface-level caries (dmfs SMD -0.14, 95% CI -0.26 to -0.02; 10 studies; not GRADE-rated).

• The effectiveness of behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting children's… 2022 All outcomes

  Primary care and community settings; interventions delivered by non-dental health workers (multiple countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, UK, USA, etc.) · Comprehensive intervention (vs oral health education only)
  SMD -0.14 [-0.26, -0.02]
  10 studies
  GRADE not reported

Comprehensive oral health intervention (oral health education plus additional support: motivational interviewing, toothbrush/toothpaste provision, community engagement, and/or fluoride varnish/sealant application) delivered by non-dental health workers vs control (no intervention/usual care/isotonic exercise)

Comprehensive interventions produced a statistically significant reduction in tooth-level caries (dmft SMD -0.47, 95% CI -0.84 to -0.10; 4 studies; not GRADE-rated), though heterogeneity was very high.

• The effectiveness of behaviour change interventions delivered by non-dental health workers in promoting children's… 2022 All outcomes

  Primary care and community settings; interventions delivered by non-dental health workers (multiple countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, UK, USA, etc.) · Comprehensive intervention (vs oral health education only)
  SMD -0.47 [-0.84, -0.10]
  4 studies
  GRADE not reported