Daftary 1980.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods | Multi‐arm RCT – 3 groups | |
| Participants | Postpartum women, reporting moderate and severe pain Noerosjee Wadia Hospital, Bombay, India Concurrent therapy with hypnotic‐sedative drugs was not permitted from 23.00 the previous night until the end of the evaluation |
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| Interventions | Intervention: dipyrone 500 mg (N = 101) Comparison: placebo (N = 98) and paracetamol 500 mg (N = 100) |
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| Outcomes |
Pain relief was evaluated at 30 minutes and hourly intervals thereafter up to 6 hours following therapy; but we were unable to accurately extract data on pain relief, as graphical data only were available; thus we extracted and reported side effects data only in the review |
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| Notes | Dates of study: NR Funding sources: NR Declarations of interest: NR |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No clear statement on method used |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Tablets were identical in appearance and from numbered sealed envelopes |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Double‐blind |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No clear statement |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Data provided for all 299 participants (0% attrition rate in all groups) |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Prespecified outcomes were all reported |
| Other bias | Low risk | Participant baseline characteristics were comparable |