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19 questions · 19 findings · 3 reviews

No studies found 5 · 26.3%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 26.3%Low 8 · 42.1%Moderate 1 · 5.3%High 0 · 0%

Intense pulsed light vs no treatment

Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment Questionnaire · participants with hidradenitis suppurativa

Intense pulsed light may leads to higher participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment… compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intense pulsed light vs no treatment

Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ axilla Questionnaire · participants with hidradenitis suppurativa

Intense pulsed light may leads to higher participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ axilla… compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intense pulsed light vs no treatment

Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ groin Questionnaire · participants with hidradenitis suppurativa

Intense pulsed light showed no clear difference in participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ groin… compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intense pulsed light vs no treatment

Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ inframammary Questionnaire · participants with hidradenitis suppurativa

Intense pulsed light showed no clear difference in participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐… compared with no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IPL (with/without MGX) vs no treatment/sham

Dry eye symptoms, measured using the OSDI score (ranging from 0 to 100 units, with a reduction in scores indicating clinical improvement) at 1‐month (with actual · people with meibomian gland dysfunction

It is very uncertain whether IPL (with/without MGX) changes dry eye symptoms, measured using the SPEED score at 3 months of compared with sham or no treatment (with/without MGX) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IPL (with/without MGX) vs no treatment/sham

Tear osmolarity, measured in mOsmol/L, at 3 months of · people with meibomian gland dysfunction

IPL (with/without MGX) showed no clear difference in tear osmolarity, measured in mOsmol/L, at 3 months of compared with sham or no treatment (with/without MGX) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IPL (with/without MGX) vs no treatment/sham

Meibomian gland orifice plugging, at 3 months of · people with meibomian gland dysfunction

It is very uncertain whether IPL (with/without MGX) changes meibomian gland orifice plugging, at 3 months of compared with sham or no treatment (with/without MGX) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IPL (with/without MGX) vs no treatment/sham

Corneal sodium fluorescein staining, measured using a validated clinical scale, at 3 months of · people with meibomian gland dysfunction

It is very uncertain whether IPL (with/without MGX) changes corneal sodium fluorescein staining, measured using a validated… compared with sham or no treatment (with/without MGX) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review