Massage vs control (hands off or care: 3rd or 4th degree tears
Massage probably leads to lower 3rd or 4th degree tears compared with control (hands off or care (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Massage vs control (hands off or care 3rd or 4th degree tears · pregnant women expecting a vaginal birth, singleton vertex presentation at term, with no medical complications Massage probably leads to lower 3rd or 4th degree tears compared with control (hands off or care (moderate certainty). Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.49 [0.25, 0.94] | 5 studies · 2477 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.