Summary of findings 2.
Effects of the interventions aimed at improving depressive symptoms for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV infection
| Effects of the interventions aimed at improving depressive symptoms for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV infection | ||||||
| Patient or population: People living with HIV infection Settings: All Intervention: Voice landline and mobile telephone delivered interventions to improve depressive symptoms | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of Participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| Control | Effects of the interventions aimed at improving depressive and psychiatric symptoms | |||||
| Depressive symptoms Beck Depression Inventory Score | The mean depressive symptoms in the intervention groups was 0.02 higher (0.18 lower to 0.21 higher) | 447 (3 studies) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low1,2,3 | |||
| *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; | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
1 All three studies have an unclear risk of bias due to missing information. 2 Studies have wide confidence intervals.
3 All the included studies had fewer than 400 participants.