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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

60 questions · 60 findings · 13 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 33 · 55%GRADE not reported 2 · 3.3%Very low 14 · 23.3%Low 9 · 15%Moderate 2 · 3.3%High 0 · 0%

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

Dietary fibre (all study interventions) vs control

Number of participantswith at least one recurrent adenoma · people with a history of colorectal adenomas

Dietary fibre (all study interventions) showed no clear difference in number of participantswith at least one recurrent adenoma compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dietary fibre (all study interventions) vs control

Number of participantswith at least one adenoma 1 cm or greater · people with a history of colorectal adenomas

Dietary fibre (all study interventions) showed no clear difference in number of participantswith at least one adenoma 1 cm or greater compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Reactive fibre surfaces vs alternating pressure (active) air surfaces

Proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer · preventing pressure ulcers

It is very uncertain whether reactive fibre surfaces changes proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer compared with alternating pressure (active) air surfaces (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Reactive fibre surfaces vs foam surfaces

Proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer · preventing pressure ulcers

It is very uncertain whether reactive fibre surfaces changes proportion of participants developing a new pressure ulcer compared with foam surfaces (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review