Antispasmodics vs control
Duration of 1st stage of labour · women in labour
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted13 studies · 1995 participantsLow
Antispasmodics showed no clear difference in rate of normal vertex deliveries compared with control (moderate certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antispasmodics changes pain duration (mean pain duration, assessed at 4 weeks) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antispasmodics changes pain improvement (clinician judged, assessed at 2 weeks) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antispasmodics changes pain frequency (episodes of pain in 4 weeks, assessed after 4 weeks) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
Antispasmodics showed no clear difference in pain improvement (self reported response to treatment, assessed at 4… compared with placebo (low certainty).