Question · asked by 1 review
Exercise vs NSAIDs: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
- Population
- young women with suspected primary dysmenorrhoea
- Intervention
- Exercise
- Comparison
- NSAIDs
- Outcome
- Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Exercise vs non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Menstrual pain intensity, measured by 100 mm VAS at the end of the intervention Higher scores indicate greater reductions in pain intensity from baseline · young women with suspected primary dysmenorrhoea Exercise for dysmenorrhoea (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 122 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise for dysmenorrhoea 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.