Bloomfield 1986c.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT Setting: USA |
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Participants | 203 women with moderate or severe postpartum uterine cramps Number per group not reported Inclusion/exclusion criteria not reported |
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Interventions | Intervention: single oral dose 650 mg aspirin Intervention: single oral dose 1000 mg acetaminophen Comparator: placebo |
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Outcomes | Pain relief and pain intensity | |
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 |
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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, no outcome data presented by group |
Other bias | Low risk | Nothing to indicate any other source of bias |