Methods | Randomised. | |
Participants | 200 patients with high-risk pregnancies. | |
Interventions | Biophysical profile protocol and modified biophysical profile protocol | |
Outcomes | Abnormal test, perinatal mortality, meconium passage, caesarean section for abnormal test, Apgar score < 7, overall adverse outcome | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors’ judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not described. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not described. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes |
High risk | Not blinded. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes |
High risk | Not blinded. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes |
Unclear risk | Unclear - limited data as only abstract available. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Unclear - limited data as only abstract available. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Unclear - limited data as only abstract available. |