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Relaxation therapy for preventing and treating preterm labour

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007426.pub2Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 15 August 2012see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2012 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Bussarin Khianman

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kalasin General Hospital, Mueng District, Thailand

  • Porjai Pattanittum

    Correspondence to: Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

    [email protected]

  • Jadsada Thinkhamrop

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

  • Pisake Lumbiganon

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Contributions of authors

Bussarin Khianman (BK) wrote the first draft of the protocol. Porjai Pattanittum (PP) was involved in commenting on the statistical aspects of the protocol. Pisake Lumbiganon (PL) and Jadsada Thinkhamrop (JT) contributed to defining the selection criteria, commented on the draft protocol and approved the final version.

BK and PP carried out the data extraction. The 'Risk of bias' table of each included studies were appraised by PP and discussed with JT and BK for a consensus. PP entered all relevant data from data extraction forms to RevMan, carried out the analysis and wrote the results from those analyses. All tables and figures were created by PP. Both PP and JT contributed to the writing of the final report. PL critically reviewed the draft of the final report. All review authors were responsible for reading and checking review before submission.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Khon Kaen University, Thailand.

  • Kalasin Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, Thailand.

External sources

  • Wellcome Trust, UK.

  • Thailand Research Fund/ Senior Research Scholar, Thailand.

Declarations of interest

None known.

Acknowledgements

Bussarin Khianman (BK) wrote this protocol as part of a SEA‐ORCHID Project Fellowship at the Australasian Cochrane Centre and wishes to acknowledge the support provided by Steve McDonald and Tari Turner.

As part of the pre‐publication editorial process, this review has been commented on by three peers (an editor and two referees who are external to the editorial team) and the Group's Statistical Adviser.

Version history

Published

Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2012 Aug 15

Relaxation therapy for preventing and treating preterm labour

Review

Bussarin Khianman, Porjai Pattanittum, Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Pisake Lumbiganon

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007426.pub2

2008 Oct 08

Relaxation therapy for preventing and treating preterm labour

Protocol

Bussarin Khianman, Porjai Pattanittum, Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Pisake Lumbiganon

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007426

Differences between protocol and review

The contact person for the review has changed from Bussarin Khianman to Porjai Pattanittum. The methods have been updated to reflect the latest Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (Higgins 2011)

Hypnosis will not be covered in this review as it is covered by a separate Cochrane review.

PICOs

Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome

The PICO model is widely used and taught in evidence-based health care as a strategy for formulating questions and search strategies and for characterizing clinical studies or meta-analyses. PICO stands for four different potential components of a clinical question: Patient, Population or Problem; Intervention; Comparison; Outcome.

See more on using PICO in the Cochrane Handbook.