Exercise vs NSAIDs: Use of rescue medication
It is very uncertain whether exercise changes use of rescue analgesic medication assessed by: number of women who… compared with non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Exercise vs non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Use of rescue analgesic medication assessed by: number of women who took rescue/additional analgesics during the last cycle Greater numbers indicate more women needed additional analgesics · young women with suspected primary dysmenorrhoea It is very uncertain whether exercise changes use of rescue analgesic medication assessed by: number of women who… compared with non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (very low certainty). Exercise for dysmenorrhoea (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.77 [1.21, 2.6] | 1 study · 122 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise for dysmenorrhoea 2019 · 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.