Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (after 60 mins)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain score 30 mins post analgesia)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain score 1 hour post‐analgesia)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain intensity (Severe) after 1 hour)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain score 1 hour after drug administration)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Mean doses of analgesia (non pre‐specified)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Maternal satisfaction with analgesia measured during labour (women with fair or poor relief)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Additional analgesia required (epidural, pethidine and Entonox) · women in labour
IM pethidine may leads to lower additional analgesia required (epidural, pethidine and Entonox) compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain relief score)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour (Pain score (1 hour after drug administration))
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Maternal satisfaction with analgesia (assessed 3 days postpartum)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Maternal satisfaction with analgesia, maternal pain score or pain measured in labour, additional analgesia, epidural
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Intervention not reported
Maternal pan score or pain measured in labour
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pan score or pain measured in labour (rated as good one day after birth)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score in labour
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Intervention not reported
Maternal satisfaction with analgesia in labour measured during the postnatal period (rated good or excellent)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal satisfaction with analgesia in labour measured during the postnatal period (Would use the same pain relief again)
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Intervention not reported
Maternal pain score or pain measured in labour
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Epidural · women in labour
It is very uncertain whether IM pethidine changes epidural compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Maternla pain score measured in labour
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low