Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments vs other treatments
Depression various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 146 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
94 questions · 96 findings · 16 reviews · Back and Neck
No studies found 1 · 1%GRADE not reported 4 · 4.2%Very low 33 · 34.4%Low 34 · 35.4%Moderate 22 · 22.9%High 2 · 2.1%
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments vs waiting list control
Depressive symptoms · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 58 participantsVery low
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments + other treatments vs other treatments alone
Pain intensity various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain
2 findings from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 59 participantsLow
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 405 participantsModerate
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments + other treatments vs other treatments alone
Depressive symptoms · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 59 participantsLow
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments + other treatments vs other treatments alone
Functional ability · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 59 participantsLow
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments vs waiting list control
Pain intensity various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted3 studies · 64 participantsLow
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments vs waiting list control
Functional ability · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 87 participantsLow
Summary of findings: Behavioural treatments vs waiting list control
Depression various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 103 participantsLow
Intervention not reported
Pain intensity various scales short‐term · adults with chronic low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 93 participantsModerate
bed rest vs advice to stay active
Pain intensity various scales short‐term · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 480 participantsLow
bed rest vs advice to stay active
Functional status, short‐term · Patients with acute low‐back pain
1 finding from 1 review
- Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 400 participantsModerate
bed rest vs advice to stay active
Pain intensity various scales short‐term · patients with sciatica
1 finding from 1 review
- Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 346 participantsModerate
bed rest vs advice to stay active
Functional status, short‐term · patients with sciatica
1 finding from 1 review
- Advice to rest in bed versus advice to stay active for acute low‐back pain and sciatica 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 346 participantsModerate
Back School vs short‐wave diathermy at the lowest intensity
Duration of sick‐leave Sick‐leave > 21 days · participants with acute or subacute low‐back pain
It is very uncertain whether back school changes duration of sick‐leave Sick‐leave > 21 days compared with short‐wave diathermy at the lowest intensity (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Back schools for acute and subacute non‐specific low‐back pain 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.53 [0.35, 0.8]1 study · 121 participantsVery low