Question · asked by 1 review
Massage vs usual care: Caesarean section
- Population
- women in labour
- Intervention
- Massage
- Comparison
- usual care
- Outcome
- Caesarean section
It is very uncertain whether massage changes caesarean section compared with usual care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Massage vs usual care Caesarean section · women in labour It is very uncertain whether massage changes caesarean section compared with usual care (very low certainty). Massage, reflexology and other manual methods for pain management in labour (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.75 [0.51, 1.09] | 6 studies · 514 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massage, reflexology and other manual methods for pain management in labour 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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.