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No studies found 104 · 21.2%GRADE not reported 54 · 11%Very low 156 · 31.8%Low 115 · 23.4%Moderate 51 · 10.4%High 11 · 2.2%

Behavioural weight management interventions vs brief advice or no intervention

Change in weight (kg) · People wanting to quit smoking

Behavioural weight management interventions showed no clear difference in mean weight change (kg) at end of treatment ‐ Weight management… compared with brief advice or no intervention (low certainty).

6 findings from 1 review
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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
  • Oral hygiene interventions for people with intellectual disabilities 2019 · Cochrane All outcomes
    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

Hypnotherapy vs behavioural treatments or no treatment

Smoking cessation · people who smoke

It is very uncertain whether hypnotherapy changes hypnotherapy versus intensive behavioural interventions (not matched… compared with behavioural treatments or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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

Hospital‐only intervention vs intervention that continues after hospital discharge

Pharmacotherapy + behavioural support vs neither · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

Hospital‐only intervention leads to higher pharmacotherapy + behavioural support vs neither compared with intervention that continues after hospital discharge (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Hospital‐only intervention vs intervention that continues after hospital discharge

Behavioural support ‐ asynchronous** · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

It is very uncertain whether hospital‐only intervention changes behavioural support ‐ asynchronous** compared with intervention that continues after hospital discharge (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Hospital‐only intervention vs intervention that continues after hospital discharge

Behavioural support ‐ synchronous** · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

Hospital‐only intervention showed no clear difference in behavioural support ‐ synchronous** compared with intervention that continues after hospital discharge (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review