Outcome title (End of treatment)	Number of study arms /patients	SMD (95% CI); P value	Hetero‐ geneity I2 [%]
Internet/telephone
Pain Negative mood Disability	2/146 1/118 2/146	‐0.29 (‐0.65 to  0.07); 0.12 ‐0.09 (‐0.45 to  0.27) ‐0.25 (‐0.58 to  0.07); 0.13	8   0
Face‐to face
Pain Negative mood Disability	19/1307 18/1531 15/1116	‐0.29(‐0.49 to ‐0.10); 0.004 ‐0.35(‐0.51 to ‐0.18); < 0.0001 ‐0.30(‐0.55 to ‐0.06); 0.01	65 54 2