Peripheral nerve block vs systemic analgesia: Patient satisfaction Subjective scales
Peripheral nerve blocks may leads to higher patient satisfaction Subjective scales compared with systemic analgesia (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Peripheral nerve blocks vs systemic analgesia Patient satisfaction Subjective scales · adults undergoing elective primary total hip replacement Peripheral nerve blocks may leads to higher patient satisfaction Subjective scales compared with systemic analgesia (low certainty). Nerve blocks or no nerve blocks for pain control after elective hip replacement (arthroplasty) surgery in… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | SMD 0.67 [0.45, 0.89] | 5 studies · 363 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerve blocks or no nerve blocks for pain control after elective hip replacement (arthroplasty) surgery in adults 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.