Routine 4‐hourly vaginal examinations vs routine 2‐hourly vaginal examinations: Spontaneous vaginal birth
It is very uncertain whether routine 4‐hourly vaginal examinations changes spontaneous vaginal birth (primary outcome)№ of participants: 150(1… compared with routine 2‐hourly vaginal examinations (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Routine 4‐hourly vaginal examinations vs routine 2‐hourly vaginal examinations Spontaneous vaginal birth (primary outcome)№ of participants: 150(1 RCT) · primiparous pregnant women in labour at term It is very uncertain whether routine 4‐hourly vaginal examinations changes spontaneous vaginal birth (primary outcome)№ of participants: 150(1… compared with routine 2‐hourly vaginal examinations (very low certainty). Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes… (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.02 [0.83, 1.26] | Not reported | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine vaginal examinations compared to other methods for assessing progress of labour to improve outcomes for women and babies at term 2022 · 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.