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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. Every word you type has to appear somewhere in the question, and the closest matches are ranked first.
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current versionsNo studies 15,213 · 20.2%Ungraded 10,323 · 13.7%Very low 17,528 · 23.3%Low 17,951 · 23.9%Moderate 11,190 · 14.9%High 3,034 · 4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Cognitive‐Behavioural Therapy (CBT) vs treatment Interpersonal problems scoreIIP‐SC2 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 99 participants | Moderate |
Dynamic‐Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) vs treatment BPD total severityBEST1 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Dynamic‐Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) vs treatment Parasuicidalityno. of participants with parasuicide (last 3 months) · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | RR 0.89 [0.47, 1.67] | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs treatment Impulsivity ‐ DBT vs. TAUBPDSI‐IV3 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 48 participants | Low |
Dynamic‐Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) vs treatment DissociationDES3 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) vs clinical management (CM) No primary outcomes available · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 39 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) BPD total severityBPDSI‐IV1‐total score · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) AngerBPDSI‐IV1‐anger · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Affective instabilityBPDSI‐IV1‐affective instability · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Chronic feelings of emptinessBPDSI‐IV1‐emptiness · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) ImpulsivityBPDSI‐IV1‐impulsivity · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) ParasuicidalityBPDSI‐IV1‐parasuicidal behaviour · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Interpersonal problemsBPDSI‐IV1‐interpersonal relationships · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Avoidance of abandonment BPDSI‐IV1‐abandonment · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs treatment Suicidality ‐ DBT vs. TAUBSS4 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 20 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Identity disturbance BPDSI‐IV1‐identity disturbance · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Interpersonal Psychotherapy adapted for BPD (IPT‐BPD) vs clinical management (CM) Dissociation/paranoid ideation BPDSI‐IV1‐paranoid ideation · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 44 participants | Low |
Intervention NR BPD total severityCGI‐BPD1‐global · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR AngerCGI‐BPD1‐anger · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Affective instabilityCGI‐BPD1‐affective instability · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Chronic feelings of emptinessCGI‐BPD1‐emptiness · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR ImpulsivityCGI‐BPD1‐impulsivity · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR SuicidalityCGI‐BPD1‐suicidality · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Interpersonal problemsCGI‐BPD1‐unstable relationships · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Dissociation/psychoticismBPRS3 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 59 participants | Low |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs treatment Parasuicidality ‐ DBT vs. TAUacts of self‐mutilation · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 110 participants | Moderate |
Emotion regulation group training (ERG) vs treatment BPD total severityBEST1 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Emotion regulation group training (ERG) vs treatment Affective instabilityDERS3‐emotional dysregulation · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Emotion regulation group training (ERG) vs treatment ImpulsivityDERS3‐impulse dyscontrol · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Emotion regulation group training (ERG) vs treatment ParasuicidalityDERS3‐self‐harm frequency (transformed) · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Schema‐Focused Therapy‐Group (SFT‐G) vs treatment BPD total severityBSI1 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Schema‐Focused Therapy‐Group (SFT‐G) vs treatment Affective instabilityDIB‐R3‐affect · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Schema‐Focused Therapy‐Group (SFT‐G) vs treatment ImpulsivityDIB‐R3‐impulses · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Schema‐Focused Therapy‐Group (SFT‐G) vs treatment interpersonal problemsDIB‐R3‐interpersonal · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Schema‐Focused Therapy‐Group (SFT‐G) vs treatment Dissociation/psychoticismDIB‐R3‐cognition · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder (STEPPS) vs treatment BPD total severityBEST1 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 124 participants | Moderate |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs treatment parasuicidality ‐ DBT vs. TAU acts of self‐mutilation · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | RR 1.11 [0.78, 1.57] | 1 study · 51 participants | Low |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder (STEPPS) vs treatment Affective instabilityZAN‐BPD3‐affective subscale · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 124 participants | Moderate |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder (STEPPS) vs treatment ImpulsivityBIS4 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 124 participants | Moderate |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder (STEPPS) vs treatment Interpersonal problemsZAN‐BPD3‐disturbed relations · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 124 participants | Moderate |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder (STEPPS) vs treatment Dissociation/psychoticismZAN‐BPD3‐cognitive subscale · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 124 participants | Moderate |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder + individual therapy (STEPPS+IT) vs treatment BPD total severityBPD‐401 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 52 participants | Low |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder + individual therapy (STEPPS+IT) vs treatment Impulsivityno. of participants scoring above BPDSI‐IV3 impulsivity cut‐off score · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | RR 0.93 [0.66, 1.29] | 1 study · 58 participants | Low |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder + individual therapy (STEPPS+IT) vs treatment Parasuicidalityno. of participants scoring above BPDSI‐IV3 parasuicide cut‐off score · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | RR 1.32 [0.78, 2.22] | 1 study · 58 participants | Low |
Systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving for borderline personality disorder + individual therapy (STEPPS+IT) vs treatment Interpersonal problemsWHOQOL‐BREF4‐social relationships (mean scores multiplied by ‐1) · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 53 participants | Low |
Manual‐assisted cognitive treatment (MACT) vs treatment SuicidalitySBQ1 · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Manual‐assisted cognitive treatment (MACT) vs treatment ParasuicidalityPHI3‐deliberate self‐harm frequency · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 28 participants | Low |
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs treatment Interpersonal problems ‐ DBT vs. TAUWHOQOL‐Bref6‐social relationships multiplied by (‐1) · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 48 participants | Low |
Psychoeducation (PE) vs waiting list (WL) ImpulsivityZAN‐BPD1‐impulsivity baseline to endpoint change · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 50 participants | Low |
Psychoeducation (PE) vs waiting list (WL) Interpersonal problemsZAN‐BPD1‐stormy relationships baseline to endpoint change · patients with borderline personality disorder Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder (2012) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 50 participants | Low |