Summary of findings 7. Transference‐Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) versus community treatment by experts (CTBE) for people with borderline personality disorder.
| TFP compared to CTBE for people with borderline personality disorder | ||||||
| Patient or population: patients with borderline personality disorder Settings: outpatient Intervention: TFP Comparison: CTBE | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of Participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| CTBE | TFP | |||||
| BPD total severity mean number of BPD criteria met. Scale from: 0 to 9. Follow‐up: mean 12 months | The mean BPD total severity score in the control groups was 5.63 criteria | The mean BPD total severity score in the intervention groups was 0.55 standard deviations lower (0.95 to 0.16 lower) | 104 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate1 | ||
| Suicidality no. of participants with suicidal act (last 12 months) Follow‐up: mean 12 months | 212 per 1000 | 135 per 1000 (57 to 319) | RR 0.64 (0.27 to 1.51) | 104 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate1 | |
| Parasuicidality no. of participants with self‐harming behaviour (last 12 months) Follow‐up: mean 12 months | 673 per 1000 | 734 per 1000 (565 to 942) | RR 1.09 (0.84 to 1.40) | 104 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate1 | |
| *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. | ||||||
1Total sample size less than 400