Which exercise and behavioural interventions show most promise for treating fatigue in multiple sclerosis? A network meta-analysis
Journal article
Authors | Harrison, Anthony M, Safari, Reza, Mercer, Tom, Picariello, Federica, van der Linden, Marietta L, White, Claire, Moss-Morris, Rona and Norton, Sam |
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Abstract | Fatigue is a common, debilitating symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) without a current standardised treatment. Nine electronic databases up to August 2018 were searched, and 113 trials (n = 6909) were included: 34 were fatigue-targeted and 79 non-fatigue-targeted trials. Intervention characteristics were extracted using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication guidelines. Certainty of evidence was assessed using GRADE. Pairwise meta-analyses showed that exercise interventions demonstrated moderate to large effects across subtypes regardless of treatment target, with the largest effect for balance exercise (SMD = 0.84). Cognitive behavioural therapies (CBTs) showed moderate to large effects (SMD = 0.60), with fatigue-targeted treatments showing larger effects than those targeting distress. Network meta-analysis showed that balance exercise performed significantly better compared to other exercise and behavioural intervention subtypes, except CBT. CBT was estimated to be superior to energy conservation and other behavioural interventions. Combined exercise also had a moderate to large effect. Treatment recommendations for balance and combined exercise are tentative as the certainty of the evidence was moderate. The certainty of the evidence for CBT was high. |
Keywords | Neurology; Clinical Neurology; Fatigue; Multiple Sclerosis; Network Meta-anlalysis; Randomised Controlled Trials; Behavioural Interventions; Exercise Interventions; TIDieR |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Multiple Sclerosis Journal |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
ISSN | 1352-4585 |
1477-0970 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458521996002 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625735 |
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625735 | |
Publication dates | 20 Apr 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 29 Apr 2021, 14:32 |
Accepted | 29 Jan 2021 |
Rights | CC0 1.0 Universal |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9351v/which-exercise-and-behavioural-interventions-show-most-promise-for-treating-fatigue-in-multiple-sclerosis-a-network-meta-analysis
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