Question · asked by 1 review
Primary outcome: topical local anaesthetics vs placebo or no treatment: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical anaesthetic vs placebo or no treatment Mean Pain Score During HSG VAS Scale (0 to 10) · Women being investigated for infertility Pain relief in hysterosalpingography (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 613 participants | Low |
Topical anaesthetic vs placebo or no treatment Mean Pain Score Less Than 30 minutes After HSG Visual analogue Scale (0 to 10) · Women being investigated for infertility Pain relief in hysterosalpingography (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 373 participants | Very low |
Topical anaesthetic vs placebo or no treatment Mean Pain Score More Than 30 minutes After HSG Visual analogue Scale (0 to 10) · Women being investigated for infertility Pain relief in hysterosalpingography (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 166 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain relief in hysterosalpingography 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.