Question · asked by 1 review

Interventions (vitamin B1, mefenamic acid, tranexamic acid) vs placebo or active comparators (desmopressin, sodium diclofenac, flavonoids): Duration of bleeding (menstrual diary)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Interventions (vitamin B1, mefenamic acid, tranexamic acid) vs placebo or active comparators (desmopressin, sodium diclofenac, flavonoids)
Duration of bleeding Number of bleeding days (diary record)
Interventions to prevent or treat heavy menstrual bleeding or pain associated with intrauterine‐device use (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted1 study · 110 participantsLow
Interventions (vitamin B1, mefenamic acid, tranexamic acid) vs placebo or active comparators (desmopressin, sodium diclofenac, flavonoids)
Duration of bleeding Number of bleeding days (menstrual record)
Interventions to prevent or treat heavy menstrual bleeding or pain associated with intrauterine‐device use (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted2 studies · 152 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions to prevent or treat heavy menstrual bleeding or pain associated with intrauterine‐device use
2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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.