Methods | Women randomly allocated to 2 treatments. Side effects assessed through interviews with the women | |
Participants | 101 healthy women attending a family planning clinic (Margaret Pyke Centre) in London, UK Included women who had had unprotected intercourse within 120 h (included some women who had had multiple acts of unprotected intercourse) |
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Interventions | Yuzpe (ethinyl oestradiol 100 μg + norgestrel 1 mg, repeated after 12 h) vs danazol 400 mg, repeated after 12 h | |
Outcomes | Observed number of pregnancies, side effects and changes in menstrual pattern | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Method of sequence generation was not stated "Patients were randomly assigned" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Method of allocation concealment was not stated |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No explanation of blinding was provided |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | "One woman was lost to follow‐up. Data for six further women are incomplete as they were not seen at follow‐up; contact was made by telephone or post." Explains lost numbers |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Planned outcomes to report were not clearly outlined in the methods and no protocol available. |
Other bias | Low risk | None detected |