Summary of findings 5. Acupressure compared to usual care for induction of labour.

Acupressure compared to usual care for induction of labour
Patient or population: women due for third trimester induction of labour Setting: hospital ward/clinic Intervention: Acupressure Comparison: usual care
Outcomes	Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI)		Relative effect (95% CI)	№ of participants (studies)	Quality of the evidence (GRADE)	Comments
	Risk with usual care	Risk with Acupressure
Vaginal delivery not achieved within 24 hours ‐ not reported	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	No studies reported on this outcome
Uterine hyperstimulation with FHR changes ‐ not reported	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	No studies reported on this outcome
Caesarean section	Study population		RR 1.02 (0.68 to 1.53)	151 (2 RCTs)	⊕⊕⊕⊝ MODERATE 1	No evidence of benefit for acupressure
	373 per 1,000	381 per 1,000 (254 to 571)
Serious maternal morbidity or death ‐ not reported	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	No studies reported on this outcome
Serious neonatal morbidity or death ‐ not reported	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	No studies reported on this outcome
*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk ratio; OR: Odds ratio;
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect Moderate quality: We are moderately confident in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different Low quality: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect Very low quality: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect

¹ Downgraded one level: Small sample size.