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Table 2 Summary of findings table with GRADE evaluation for self-determination interventions compared with usual care (follow-up timepoint: end of intervention)

From: Self-determination theory interventions versus usual care in people with diabetes: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

Certainty assessment

No. of patients

Effect

Certainty

Importance

No. of studies

Study design

Risk of bias

Inconsistency

Indirectness

Imprecision

Other considerations

Self-determination theory

Usual care

Relative (95% CI)

Quality of life

3

RCTs

Seriousa

Seriousb

Seriousc

Not serious

None

128

97

MD 0 (−4.85, 4.86)

Very low

Critical

All-course mortality

1

Cluster RCTs

Very seriousd

Not serious

Seriouse

Seriousf

None

2005

2021

RR 1.13 (0.73, 1.74)

Very low

Critical

SAEs

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Critical

Diabetes distress

3

RCTs

Seriousg

Serioush

Not serious

Not serious

None

128

96

MD −0.10 (−6.17, 5.97)

Low

Important

Depressive symptoms

2

RCTs

Very seriousi

Seriousj

Not serious

Seriousk

None

10

10

MD −3.0 (−3.75, 9.74)

Very low

Important

Adverse events

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Important

  1. RCTs randomized clinical trials, SAEs serious adverse events, CI confidence interval, MD mean difference
  2. Explanations:
  3. aThe three trials reporting on quality of life at the end of intervention were all rated as high risk of bias on the domains: “blinded outcome assessment” and “incomplete outcome data”
  4. bInconsistency regarding the direction of effect of included trials
  5. cDowngraded due to indirectness caused by Mathiesen et al. including elderly persons with type 2 diabetes and Zoffmann et al. (2015) [16, 33] including young people with type 1 diabetes, and Husted et al. include adolescents. The three trials also apply slightly diverse versions of the guided self-determination intervention
  6. dThis outcome was rated as high risk of bias on the domain “blinded outcome assessor” as the first, and the last author analyzed the data in the trial. On the domain “incomplete outcome data,” it was unclear whether there where participants lost to follow-up on this domain
  7. eThe nurses were trained in advanced communication techniques, but the reflection sheets in the guided self-determination method were not provided to the patients
  8. fTSA showed lack of data because only 3.99% of optimal information size had been reached
  9. gAll trials have a minimum of three high risk-of-bias domains
  10. hDowngraded due to heterogeneity of the included populations (type 1 diabetes) in the trials of Zoffmann (2015) and Husted et al. (2014) [31] and type 2 diabetes in the trial of Mathiesen et al. (2019) [59]
  11. iDowngraded due to “high risk of bias on blinded outcome assessor,” “incomplete outcome data,” “and selective reporting” on this outcome (only data from Mathiesen (2019) [35])
  12. jDowngraded due to heterogeneity of the provided interventions
  13. kWide confidence intervals in the trial of Mathiesen et al. (2019) [59]