Table 3.

Subgroup analyses

		ncomp	g	CI	I2	CI	NNT	p
Therapy	CBT	31	0.59	0.36–0.82	80	72–86	5.32	0.50
	Other	20	0.49	0.31–0.67	75	62–84	6.61
Format	Individual	14	0.37	0.14–0.59	73	54–84	9.13	0.15
	Group	13	0.74	0.18–1.30	85	75–91	4.08
	Guided self-help	19	0.60	0.42–0.77	74	59–83	5.22
	Other	5	0.30	−0.16 to 0.76	48	0–81	11.56
Target group	Adults	18	0.49	0.3–0.67	77	64–85	6.61	0.54
	General medical	22	0.47	0.31–0.63	67	48–79	6.94
	Other	11	0.82	0.14–1.51	88	81–93	3.61
Recruitment	Community	20	0.60	0.42–0.79	74	60–83	5.22	0.20
	Clinical	13	0.39	0.19–0.58	63	32–80	8.60
	Other	18	0.60	0.19–1.00	85	77–90	5.22
Control	Care-as-usual	25	0.44	0.29–0.59	72	58–81	7.49	0.003
	Waitlist	21	0.79	0.48–1.10	77	66–85	3.78
	Other control	5	0.14	−0.21 to 0.49	59	0–85	26.47
Publication year	2003–2010	8	0.28	0.09–0.46	47	0–76	12.48	0.01
	2011–2015	10	0.56	0.32–0.8	64	28–82	5.66
	2016–2021	33	0.63	0.4–0.85	82	75–87	4.93
OCD (<10%) incl	Yes	6	0.81	0.49–1.12	64	13–85	3.67	0.04
	No	45	0.50	0.34–0.67	78	71–83	6.46