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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD005652. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005652.pub2

Summary of findings 10. Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) versus clinical management (CM) for people with borderline personality disorder.

IPT compared to CM for people with borderline personality disorder
Patient or population: patients with borderline personality disorder
Settings: outpatient
Intervention: IPT
Comparison: CM
Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect
(95% CI) No of Participants
(studies) Quality of the evidence
(GRADE) Comments
Assumed risk Corresponding risk
CM IPT
No primary outcomes available
Follow‐up: mean 6 months     39
(1 study) ⊕⊕⊝⊝
low No primary outcomes available
*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.