Henrich 2008 (T).
Methods | Participants were "randomised" and a "closed envelope extracted from a box after gaining consent". No other details available. | |
Participants | 224 women with singleton pregnancies at over 37 weeks. Women with BS of 7 or more were excluded. | |
Interventions | Misoprostol‐group took at first 25μg orally, then 50μg, and on a third administration, 100 μg, each at a time, in a time span of four hours, up to a maximal dose of 175 μg the first day, and one of 300 μg in the second and third days. Minprostin‐group took each 6th hour 3 mg of Dinoprostone as vaginal tablets | |
Outcomes | Labour and delivery outcomes.
Neonatal outcomes. Maternal side‐effect outcomes. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information about the sequence generation process to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | A ‐ closed envelope. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’ |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to assess whether an important risk of bias exists. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Insufficient information to permit judgement of ‘Low risk’ or ‘High risk’. |