NSAIDs vs placebo: Relief of pain
NSAID may leads to higher adequate pain relief number of participants with adequate pain relief compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
NSAID vs placebo Adequate pain relief number of participants with adequate pain relief · women with perineal pain in the early postpartum period NSAID may leads to higher adequate pain relief number of participants with adequate pain relief compared with placebo (low certainty). Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (single dose) for perineal pain in the early postpartum period (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD011352.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.91 [1.64, 2.23] | 10 studies · 1573 participants | Low |
NSAID vs placebo Adequate pain relief number of participants with adequate pain relief · women with perineal pain in the early postpartum period It is very uncertain whether NSAID changes adequate pain relief number of participants with adequate pain relief compared with placebo (very low certainty). Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (single dose) for perineal pain in the early postpartum period (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD011352.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.92 [1.69, 2.17] | 17 studies · 2079 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (single dose) for perineal pain in the early postpartum period 2021 · 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.