Table 5 GRADE assessment of the evidence in the meta-analysis
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Question: [Tepid or Tuina massage] compared to [Antipyretic drugs] for [pediatric fever] | ||||||||||||
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Certainty assessment | № of patients | Effect | Certainty | Importance | ||||||||
№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | [Tepid or Tuina massage] | [Antipyretic drugs] | Relative (95% CI) | Absolute (95% CI) | ||
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5 | randomised trials | not serious | serious | not serious | not serious | none | 225 | 312 | - | SMD 0.73 higher (0.01 lower to 1.47 higher) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate | CRITICAL |
Efficacy | ||||||||||||
10 | randomised trials | not serious | serious | not serious | not serious | none | 87/544 (16.0%) | 138/558 (24.7%) | RR 0.63 (0.35 to 1.14) | 92 fewer per 1,000 (from 161 fewer to 35 more) | ⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate | CRITICAL |