Table 4.
Quality assessment of trials of interventions for infections (bacterial vaginosis) in pregnancy
| Quality Assessment | Summary of Findings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directness | No of events | |||||||
| No of studies (ref) | Design | Limitations | Consistency | Generalizability to population of interest | Generalizability to intervention of interest | Intervention | Control | Odd Ratios (95% CI) |
| Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis and perinatal death: MODERATE outcome specific quality | ||||||||
| 4 | RCTs | Low recruitment response in one study, also allocation concealment unclear | Some heterogeneity in meta-analysis; 3/4 studies show benefit | Yes | Yes | 23 | 26 | OR = 0.88 (0.50 - 1.55) |