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Meta-Analysis
. 2021 Sep;8(5):2345-2353.
doi: 10.1002/nop2.844. Epub 2021 Mar 27.

Use of the peanut ball during labour: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Parivash Ahmadpour  1 , Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi  2 , Rana Doosti  1 , Mojgan Mirghafourvand  3
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Meta-Analysis

Use of the peanut ball during labour: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Parivash Ahmadpour et al. Nurs Open. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to determine effectiveness of peanut ball on the duration of the stages of labour and frequency of caesarean section.

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Method: A comprehensive electronic search was carried out with no time limit until December 2020. Collected data were analysed using software RevMan- version 5.3. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 , T2 , and 2 . GRADE approach was used to assess the certainty of evidence.

Results: The meta-analysis on six clinical trials with 645 participants showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups in caesarean surgery rate (RR = 0.82) and length of the first (MD = -15.64).

Conclusions: Therefore, further clinical trials with stronger evidence should be carried out to assess the effectiveness of peanut ball on caesarean surgery rate and length of first and second stages of labour.

Keywords: caesarean section; labour; labour ball; peanut ball; systematic review.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Study flow diagram
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Risk of bias graph: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies
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Risk of bias summary: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study
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Peanut ball group versus control group; Outcome: Caesarean section delivery
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Peanut ball group versus control group; Outcome: First Stage of Labour
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