Summary of findings 6. Social problem‐solving therapy + psychoeducation versus treatment‐as‐usual for antisocial personality disorder.
Social problem‐solving therapy + psychoeducation versus treatment‐as‐usual for antisocial personality disorder | ||||||
Patient or population: adults with antisocial personality disorder Setting: outpatient Intervention: social problem‐solving therapy + psychoeducation Comparison: treatment‐as‐usual | ||||||
Outcomes | Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | Number of participants (studies) | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
Risk with treatment‐as‐usual | Risk with social problem‐solving therapy + psychoeducation | |||||
Aggression | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No data available |
Reconviction | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No data available |
Global state/functioning | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No data available |
Social functioning
Assessed by: Social Functioning Questionnaire (8 items rated on 4‐point scale; anchors vary across items; high score = poor outcome) Timing of assessment: 6 months |
The mean social functioning score in the control group was 11.78 points | The mean social functioning score in the intervention group was 1.60 points lower (5.43 lower to 2.23 higher) | ‐ | 17 (1 RCT) | ⊕⊝⊝⊝ Very lowa | ‐ |
Adverse events | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | No data available |
*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: Confidence interval; RCT: Randomised controlled trial. | ||||||
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence (Schünemann 2013) High certainty: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect Moderate certainty: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate; the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different Low certainty: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited; the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect Very low certainty: we have very little confidence in the effect estimate; the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect |
aEvidence downgraded three levels overall. We downgraded one level for limitations in the design/implementation suggested possible risk of bias, one level for indirectness (the outcome was measured by questionnaire), and one level for imprecision due to optimal information size criterion not being met.