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. 2020 Oct 20;2020(10):CD004908. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004908.pub3

Bloomfield 1983.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Setting: USA
Participants 150 women with moderate or severe postpartum uterine cramps
Number per group not reported.
Inclusion/exclusion criteria not reported.
Interventions Group 1: 100 mg ibuprofen
Group 2: 200 mg ibuprofen
Group 3: 400 mg ibuprofen
Group 4: 650 mg aspirin
Group 5: placebo
Outcomes Summed and peak analgesia
Notes No useable data. No outcome data presented by intervention group
Dates of study: not reported
Funding sources: not reported
Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk not reported ‐ "stratified, randomized, double‐blind design"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Low risk Double‐blind
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk no information reported on numbers providing data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol, outcome data not reported in full by group
Other bias Low risk Nothing to indicate any other source of bias.