Local anaesthetic vs placebo or no treatmentPatient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted10 studies · 1496 participantsLow
Intracervical vs combined intracervical and paracervical anaesthesiaPatient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 84 participantsVery low
Antispasmodic plus NSAID vs paracervical anaesthesiaPatient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 80 participantsVery low
Oral NSAIDs vs placebo or no treatmentPatient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 521 participantsLow
Opioids vs placebo or no treatmentPain score during procedure: oral opioid · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 140 participantsLow
Opioids vs placebo or no treatmentPain score during procedure: sublingual opioid · women undergoing outpatient hysteroscopy1 finding from 1 reviewPain relief for outpatient hysteroscopy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 164 participantsLow