Summary of findings 9. Intense pulsed light compared with no treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa.
| Intense pulsed light compared with no treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa | ||||||
| Patient or population: participants with hidradenitis suppurativa Settings: hospital‐based Intervention: intense pulsed light Comparison: no treatment | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | Number of participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| No treatment | Intense pulsed light | |||||
| Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment Questionnaire Follow‐up: uncertain | Study population | RR 9.67 (2.01 to 46.43) | 34 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low¹,² | ‐ | |
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Moderate | ||||||
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ axilla Questionnaire Follow‐up: uncertain | Study population | RR 21.00 (1.37 to 322.28) | 24 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low¹,² | ‐ | |
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Moderate | ||||||
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ groin Questionnaire Follow‐up: uncertain | Study population | RR 5.00 (0.31 to 79.94) | 8 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low¹,² | ‐ | |
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Moderate | ||||||
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Participant global assessment: satisfaction with treatment ‐ inframammary Questionnaire Follow‐up: uncertain | Study population | RR 3.00 (0.24 to 37.67) | 2 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low¹,² | ‐ | |
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| Moderate | ||||||
| 0 per 1000 | 0 per 1000 (0 to 0) | |||||
| *The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio. | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect. Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate. Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate. Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate. | ||||||
¹Downgraded one level due to performance bias resulting from participants being unblinded, in the absence of a sham treatment for the control side. ²Downgraded one level for imprecision due to a small number of participants in only a single study.