Research Article
Effect of Prenatal Perineal Massage on Postpartum Perineal Injury and Postpartum Complications: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the literature and assessment of risk of bias.
| Author | Country | Year | No. of patients | Risk of basis | Perineal massage | Control |
| Ali H | Egypt | 2015 | 50 | 70 | High | Amira S. Dieb | Egypt | 2019 | 200 | 200 | High | B. Bodner-Adler | Austria | 2002 | 121 | 410 | Uncertain | Dönmez S | Turkey | 2015 | 30 | 39 | High | Elsebeiy | Egypt | 2018 | 37 | 43 | Low | Georgina Stamp | Australia | 2001 | 708 | 632 | Uncertain | Kate Davidson | United States | 2000 | 269 | 93 | Uncertain | Labrecque | Canada | 1999 | 646 | 658 | Uncertain | M. K. Shipman | UK | 1997 | 332 | 350 | Low | Maeve Eogan | Ireland | 2006 | 100 | 79 | High | María Álvarez-González | Spain | 2021 | 60 | 30 | Uncertain | Michel Labrecque | Canada | 2000 | 470 | 479 | Uncertain | Mohamed | Egypt | 2011 | 30 | 30 | Uncertain | Shahoei R | Iran | 2016 | 75 | 75 | Uncertain | Shimada | Japan | 2005 | 30 | 33 | Low | Ugwu | Nigeria | 2018 | 53 | 55 | High |
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