Hassani 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods	Quasi‐randomised controlled study, Iran.
Participants	20 women were selected by" convenient sampling" from those hospitalised for CS and who did not have acute orthopaedic ankle problems, had no history of foot reflexology treatment, had no addiction to drugs, painkillers and alcohol and also had were consciousness and did not have a history of diabetes.
Interventions	Foot reflexology (foot massage in ankle area downward for 5 and 2.5 minutes for each foot) and control group (not detailed).
Outcomes	Vital signs and pain
Notes	Funding sources: not mentioned. Setting: Iman Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran Conflicts of interest: not mentioned. Dates of trial: not mentioned, published in 2015.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	High risk	Participants were selected by convenient sampling and were randomly divided into two groups.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	It was not possible to blind participants.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All outcomes proposed in the methods were reported.
Other bias	High risk	The study does not state clearly about the use of analgesic medication associated with the intervention and does not provide details about the control group.