Cochrane · systematic review · CD006507

Meditation therapies for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Krisanaprakornkit, T, Ngamjarus, C, Witoonchart, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2010 · Cochrane Library

SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
2
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Meditation therapy versus drug therapy for attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder

Population: patients with attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder
1 question
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Teacher rating ADHD overall scale The Abbreviated Parent‐Teacher Questionnaire (Conners, 1973)
Meditation therapy vs drug therapy
no estimate extracted1 study · 15 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision

meditation therapy versus standard treatment without drug for attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder

Population: patients with attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder
1 question
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Teacher rating ADHD overall scale Abbreviated Parent‐Teacher Questionnaire (Conner, 1973)
meditation therapy vs standard treatment without drug
no estimate extracted1 study · 17 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision