External pneumatic intermittent compression compared with rest for varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy |
Patient or population: Pregnant women with varicose veins and leg oedema in pregnancy
Settings: USA
Intervention: External pneumatic intermittent compression
Comparison: Rest |
Outcomes |
Relative effect
(95% CI) |
No of participants
(studies) |
Quality of the evidence
(GRADE) |
Comments |
Woman's perception of pain (as defined by trialists) |
None of these outcomes were reported. |
Complications associated with varicose veins and leg oedema (venous leg ulcer) |
Symptoms associated with varicose veins and oedema |
*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (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; |
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate. |