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. 2023 Mar 30;2023(3):CD001233. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001233.pub4

Gilson 2017.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants Patients eligible for medical induction
Interventions Foley catheter + oxytocin (n = 526)
Low dose titrated oral misoprostol (n = 575) dose not mentioned in abstract
Outcomes Effectiveness, safety
Notes Abstract only
Setting: Rwanda
Study period: not reported
Funding: not reported
Declaration of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Randomisation not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information
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 No information
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk ITT mentioned, not clear why groups are different in size.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information
Other bias Unclear risk Abstract only, to little information to judge risk of bias