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63 questions · 64 findings · 5 reviews · Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems

No studies found 14 · 21.9%GRADE not reported 10 · 15.6%Very low 14 · 21.9%Low 17 · 26.6%Moderate 8 · 12.5%High 1 · 1.6%

Probiotics vs placebo

Relief of pain · Children with recurrent abdominal pain

Probiotics probably leads to higher improvement in pain: 0 to 3 months' postintervention Different… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

Improvement in pain: 0 to 3 months' postintervention Subgroup (irritable bowel syndrome) Different measures were used to assess improvement in pain, as above. · Children with recurrent abdominal pain

Probiotics probably leads to higher improvement in pain: 0 to 3 months' postintervention Subgroup… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Fibre vs placebo

Improvement in pain: 0 to 3 months' postintervention Improvement in pain was defined and measured differently in the 2 included studies: using a "stomach ache diary" and the Faces Pain Scale (Bieri 1990). · Children with recurrent abdominal pain

Fibre showed no clear difference in improvement in pain: 0 to 3 months' postintervention Improvement in… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Recovery during intervention defined as achieving WHZ ≥ −2 and absence of oedema in 1 study; reaching a WHZ score > −2 and without oedema in 1 study; WHZ > −2 in 1 study; having a WHZ score ≥ 0 in 1 study; reaching 100% weight for height in 1 stud... · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… probably leads to higher recovery during intervention defined as achieving WHZ ≥ −2 and… compared with an alternative dietary approach (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Relapse during intervention defined as admission to inpatient therapeutic care or recurrence of oedema or systematic infections during the study period, and dropouts during intervention period · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

It is very uncertain whether standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… changes relapse during intervention defined as admission to inpatient… compared with an alternative dietary approach (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Mortality during intervention · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

It is very uncertain whether standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… changes mortality during intervention compared with an alternative dietary approach (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day) · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial
1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs as a supplement to the usual diet

Recovery during intervention defined as WHZ > 0 in 1 study; 100% weight for height in 1 study · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (1 study included HIV‐uninfected children; 1 study included HIV‐infected children), all of whom…

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… may leads to higher recovery during intervention defined as WHZ > 0 in 1 study; 100%… compared with as a supplement to the usual diet (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review