Saleem 2006.

Study characteristics
Methods	Patients randomly selected, randomisation method not described.
Participants	Singleton live pregnancy BS 5 or lower, requiring induction between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation.
Interventions	Foley catheter 40‐45 mL, after 8‐10 hours oxytocin infusion was started (n = 78). Dinoprostone pessary 3 mg 6‐hourly max 2 doses, followed by oxytocin infusion (n = 75). Oral misoprostol 50 mcg 4‐hourly, max 4 doses, followed by oxytocin infusion (n = 73).
Outcomes	Vaginal delivery rate, Induction to delivery interval < 12 hours, postpartum haemorrhage, tachysystole.
Notes	Methods describe random selection of patients, not randomisation. No neonatal outcomes. Setting: Hamdard University Hospital and Patel Hospital, Pakistan Dates of study: July 2005 ‐ June 2005 Funding sources: not reported Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	'Random selection' of patients, insufficient information for judgement.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	'Random selection' of patients, insufficient information for judgement.
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	Unclear risk	It is unclear how many patients were assessed for randomisation or randomised, therefore it is also unclear if incomplete data were reported. There is no mention of this in the paper.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	All outcomes mentioned in the methods section are reported, it is however interesting why they did not report any neonatal data.
Other bias	Unclear risk	No sample size calculated