Jagani 1984.
Methods | RCT. | |
Participants | 47 women with intact membranes, Bishops score < 4. | |
Interventions | Control group vs IV oxytocin vs 1 mg vaginal PGE2. All groups had extra ovular catheter and if not in labour had ARM and oxytocin at 12 hours. | |
Outcomes | CS. | |
Notes | Randomisation based on case number. No measure taken to conceal the allocation. Extraovular catheter at low volume insufficient to act as co‐intervention. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | High risk | Case notes numbers. |
Allocation concealment? | High risk | Allocation could be anticipated by investigators. |
Blinding? Women | High risk | Not feasible, different interventions. |
Blinding? clinical staff | High risk | |
Blinding? outcome assessor | High risk | |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not all of the women were accounted for in all the results. |
Free of other bias? | Unclear risk | Small study and results were difficult to interpret. |