Oral iron vs placebo (Comparison 3): All gastrointestinal symptoms Reported by the patients
It is very uncertain whether oral iron changes all gastrointestinal symptoms Reported by the patients compared with placebo (Comparison 3) (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral iron vs placebo (Comparison 3) All gastrointestinal symptoms Reported by the patients · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia It is very uncertain whether oral iron changes all gastrointestinal symptoms Reported by the patients compared with placebo (Comparison 3) (very low certainty). Treatment for women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.36, 2.79] | 1 study · 68 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment for women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia 2015 · 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.