Cochrane · systematic review · CD009829

Cognitive‐behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions for young people aged 10 to 18 with harmful sexual behaviour

Sneddon, H, Gojkovic Grimshaw, D, Livingstone, N, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · 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
14
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
10
Included studies
NR
No studies 10 · 71.4%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 28.6%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

Cognitive‐behavioural therapy versus no treatment or treatment as usual for harmful sexual behaviour

Population: young people (aged 10 to 18 years old) with harmful sexual behaviour
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Recidivism: any sexual or nonsexual offence (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Adverse events (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Sexual attitudes and behaviour
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extracted1 study · 18 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Thinking patterns (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Victim empathy: attitudes to women Measured by: Attitude Towards Women Scale (15 items; scores range from 0 to 45; higher scores indicate more egalitarian attitudes towards women)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extracted1 study · 18 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Social functioning (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Emotional self‐regulation and impulse control (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs no treatment or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies

Cognitive‐behavioural therapy versus alternative interventions for harmful sexual behaviour

Population: young people (aged 10 to 18 years old) with harmful sexual behaviour
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Recidivism: behavioural reports of sexual aggression Measured by: Daily Behaviour Report cards and Behaviour Incidence Report forms completed by staff
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extracted1 study · 59 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse events (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Sexual attitudes and behaviour Measured by: post‐treatment structured interview (non‐validated)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extracted1 study · 16 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Thinking patterns (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Victim empathy (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Social functioning (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Emotional self‐regulation and impulse control (no study reported data on this outcome)
Cognitive‐behavioural therapy vs alternative interventions
no estimate extractedNRNo studies