Cochrane · systematic review · CD011570
Specific psychological therapies versus other therapies or no treatment for severe and enduring anorexia nervosa
Zhu, J, Hay, PJ, Yang, Y, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · Cochrane Library
Common Mental DisordersAMSTAR 2: not assessed
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
3
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 1 · 33.3%Very low 2 · 66.7%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
Specific psychological therapy compared to alternative specific psychological therapy for severe and enduring anorexia nervosa
Population: people with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Clinical improvement: weight restoration to within the normal weight range for participant sample Specific psychological therapy vs alternative specific psychological therapy | RR 1.42 [0.66, 3.05] | 1 study · 63 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Treatment non‐completion: proportion of participants who did not complete treatment Specific psychological therapy vs alternative specific psychological therapy | RR 1.72 [0.45, 6.59] | 1 study · 63 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Proportion of study dropouts or non‐completers due to an adverse event or experience Specific psychological therapy vs alternative specific psychological therapy | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 63 participants | Ungraded |