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. 2017 Aug 2;2017(8):CD001324. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001324.pub5
Methods Women randomly allocated into 2 groups. Method of randomisation not reported
Participants 150 Women attending the maternity and child health hospital in Hubei
Included sexually active women aged 18‐45 years having regular menstrual cycles of 30 ± 7 days. Women had a single act of unprotected intercourse within 120 h of attending the hospital
Exclusion criteria were breast‐feeding women, hormonal contraindication in their current cycle, use of hormonal contraceptives, having irregular menstrual cycles
Interventions Mife 30 mg, single dose, orally vs LNG 0.75 mg, 2 doses, 12 h apart
Outcomes Observed number of pregnancies, side effects and changes in menstrual pattern
Notes
  1. Post‐randomisation exclusion and loss to follow‐up not reported

  2. Observed pregnancy/expected pregnancy/total number of women: Mife 1/7/76; LNG 2/7/74

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Mentioned randomisation but description not adequate
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of allocation concealment not mentioned
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Not mentioned
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Post‐randomisation exclusion and loss to follow‐up not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Reported planned outcomes
Other bias Low risk None detected