Chewing gum vs control: Proportion of participants with ileus
Chewing gum may leads to lower proportion of participants with ileus compared with control (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Chewing gum vs control Proportion of participants with ileus · women in the immediate postpartum period (within the first 24 hours) after having had a caesarean section Chewing gum may leads to lower proportion of participants with ileus compared with control (low certainty). Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.39 [0.19, 0.8] | 4 studies · 1139 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chewing gum for enhancing early recovery of bowel function after caesarean section 2016 · 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.