Cochrane · systematic review · CD011379

Interventions for heartburn in pregnancy

Phupong, V, Hanprasertpong, T · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Pregnancy and ChildbirthAMSTAR 2: not assessed

SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.

Questions

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 4 · 57.1%Very low 2 · 28.6%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 14.3%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Any pharmaceutical treatment compared with placebo or no treatment for heartburn in pregnancy

Population: pregnant women with heartburn in pregnancy

7 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Complet relief of heartburn Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	RR 1.85 [1.36, 2.5]	2 studies · 256 participants	Moderate
Partial relief of heartburn Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	RR 1.35 [0.38, 4.76]	2 studies · 256 participants	Very low
Side effects Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	RR 0.63 [0.21, 1.89]	2 studies · 256 participants	Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Quality of life Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	no estimate extracted	0 studies · 0 participants	Ungraded
Maternal satisfaction Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	no estimate extracted	0 studies · 0 participants	Ungraded
Low birthweight Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	no estimate extracted	0 studies · 0 participants	Ungraded
Preterm labour Any pharmaceutical treatment vs placebo or no treatment	no estimate extracted	0 studies · 0 participants	Ungraded