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. 2021 May 18;2021(5):CD007579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007579.pub3

Levin 2019.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • Women having elective CS under regional anaesthesia

  • N = 180 women randomised, nine were excluded after randomisation but we only used data from 2 groups so we analysed data from 120 women


Exclusion criteria:
Interventions Intervention 1: acupressure P6
  • Transcutaneous P6 acupoint stimulation

  • N = 60


Intervention 2: drug combination ‐ excluded from the review
  • Metoclopramide + ondansetron

  • N = 60


Comparator: no treatment
  • No therapy

  • N = 60

Outcomes Primary outcome: nausea and vomiting
Notes Setting: Rutgers‐Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, USA
Dates: July 2015 to March 2016.
Funding source: authors state no funding.
Declaration of interest: authors state no conflict.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated randomisation sequence
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information given
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No described blinding at all
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No described blinding at all
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk No loss to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Authors appear to report the outcomes intended, but we did not assess the trial protocol
Other bias Unclear risk Very limited detail in abstract/e‐poster, more detail in full paper