Communication interventions for medically unexplained symptom conditions in general practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

PLoS One · 2022 · PMC9662736 · PMID 36374916

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failed to reach significancep = .221not close (p > 0.1)

The difference in QOL between intervention and control participants at 3 months failed to reach significance (95% CI [-0.40, 1.73], p = .221).

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did not reach statistical significancep = .390not close (p > 0.1)

The treatment effect did not reach statistical significance for anxiety on either meta-analysis (p = .390; p = .350) (Figs 2 and 3 ) or depression (p = .450) ( Fig 4 ).

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