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. 2026 Aug 17;16(8):286. doi: 10.3390/nursrep16080286
ANZCTR Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry
BA Behavioural Activation
BPI Brief Pain Inventory
CENTRAL Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
CI Confidence Interval
CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
COBRA Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
GRADEpro GDT GRADEpro Guideline Development Tool
ISRCTN International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
MD Mean Difference
NRS Numeric Rating Scale
PICOS Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, and Study design
PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PRISMA-P Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
RCT Randomised Controlled Trial
RoB 2 Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool
SMD Standardised Mean Difference
SWiM Synthesis Without Meta-analysis
VAS Visual Analogue Scale
WHO ICTRP World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform