Deshmukh 2011.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	Inclusion: primigravida > 37 weeks of gestation, singleton pregnancy, cephalic presentation BS ≤ 3, Intact membranes Exclusion: multiple pregnancy, malpresentation, absent membranes, APH, medical disease, e.g. heart disease, renal disease
Interventions	Intracervical Foley (n = 200): if BS < 7 after 6 hours, PGE2 was given PGE2 gel vaginal (n = 200), dose repeated after 6 hours Failure of induction was declared if patient failed to go in active phase of labour within 24 hours of induction
Outcomes	Improvement of BS, induction‐delivery interval, mode of delivery and feto‐maternal outcomes
Notes	Setting: India Study period:July 2005 to January 2008 Funding: not reported Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Only reported women were randomly assigned
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Allocation concealment not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not feasible due to nature of intervention
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	ITT. no missing cases or data. no women excluded
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	All pre‐specified outcomes reported
Other bias	Low risk	No other bias detected