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Bariatric treatments for adult obesity - Institute of Health Economics

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Description <strong>of</strong> the Included Systematic Reviews/HTAsCharacteristics <strong>of</strong> the included studiesUsing the search strategy described in Appendix T.A, the literature search identified 1298 citations.For articles that appeared to be relevant, the full text was retrieved and reviewed. Sixteen systematicreviews/HTAs 2,15,20,38,56-67) met the inclusion criteria. Excluded systematic reviews/HTAs and thereasons <strong>for</strong> their exclusion are listed in Appendix T.B. Two reviews 61,63 were further excludedbecause <strong>of</strong> their poor methodological quality rating (see Appendix T.C). Fourteen systematicreviews/HTAs are included <strong>for</strong> analysis and synthesis (see Table T.5).Table T.5: Overview <strong>of</strong> the included systematic reviews/HTAsTreatment strategy(Number <strong>of</strong> SRs/HTAs)Dietary therapy/physical exercise (3)SRs/HTAsNumber <strong>of</strong>included RCTs (Interventions)Galani & Schneider, 2007 5630 (lifestyle intervention)Shaw et al., 2006 57 41 (E, D)Curioni & Lourenco, 2005 58 6 (D, E)Behavioural therapy (1) Shaw et al., 2005 15 36 (BT, BT+D/E, CBT)Pharmacotherapy (3)Surgery (2)Multiple <strong>treatments</strong>trategies (5)Johansson et al., 2009 59Padwal et al., 2006 20Li et al., 2005 60Klarenbach et al., 2010 38Colquitt et al., 2009 6228 (orlistat, sibutramine, rimonabant)30 (orlistat, sibutramine, rimonabant)29 (orlistat)Tsai, 2009 64 10 (D, E, P)Maciejewski et al., 2005 65 34 (BT, P, S)64 (various surgical procedures)23 (various surgical procedures)Avenell et al., 2004 2 84 (D, E, BT, P, S)McTigue et al., 2003 66 33 (BT, P, S)Poobalan et al., 2007 67 8 (lifestyle intervention, S)Abbreviations: BT = behavioural therapy; CBT = cognitive behavioural therapy; D = diet; E = exercise; FU = follow-up; HTA =helath technology assessment; P = pharmacotherapy; RCTs = randomized controlled trials; S = surgery; SR = systematic reviewsOf the 14 systematic reviews/HTAs, three reviews focused on dietary therapy/physical exercise, 56-58one review 15 on behavioural therapy, three reviews 20,59,60 on weight loss medications, two reviews 38,62on bariatric surgery, and the other five reviews 2,64-67 assessed the safety and efficacy <strong>of</strong> multipletreatment strategies.As shown in Table T.5, <strong>for</strong> each intervention category (except behavioural therapy) a varyingnumber <strong>of</strong> RCTs was included in different systematic reviews/HTAs. However, a careful checking<strong>of</strong> the reference lists revealed a great deal <strong>of</strong> overlap among the RCTs included in these reviews. Forreviews that focused on dietary therapy/physical exercise, 56-58 pharmacotherapy, 20,59,60 and surgery, 38,62the number <strong>of</strong> overlapping RCTs were 5, 37, and 18, respectively.For the primary studies assessed in the included systematic reviews/HTAs: details regarding the objectives, search strategies, and selection criteria are presented inAppendix T.D (Table T.D.1)<strong>Bariatric</strong> <strong>treatments</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>adult</strong> <strong>obesity</strong> 76

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