Sweet‐tasting solutions for needle‐related procedural pain in infants one month to one year of age

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Figure 1

'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.

Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Sweet‐tasting solution versus Control, Outcome 1 Cry Duration (seconds).

Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Sweet‐tasting solution versus pharmacological intervention, Outcome 1 Pain.

Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Sweet‐tasting solution versus pharmacological intervention, Outcome 2 Cry Duration (sec).

Comparison 1. Sweet‐tasting solution versus Control

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Cry Duration (seconds) Show forest plot	7	790	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐13.47 [‐16.80, ‐10.15]

1.1 30% to 75% sweet‐tasting solutions	4	523	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐7.66 [‐11.41, ‐3.91]
1.2 12% to 25% sweet‐tasting solutions	3	267	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐34.71 [‐41.89, ‐27.54]

Comparison 1. Sweet‐tasting solution versus Control

Comparison 2. Sweet‐tasting solution versus pharmacological intervention

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Pain Show forest plot	1	20	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.42 [‐0.95, 1.78]

2 Cry Duration (sec) Show forest plot	1	20	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	9.78 [‐9.00, 30.56]

Comparison 2. Sweet‐tasting solution versus pharmacological intervention