Gilson 2017.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | Patients eligible for medical induction | |
Interventions | Foley catheter + oxytocin (n = 526) Low dose titrated oral misoprostol (n = 575) dose not mentioned in abstract |
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Outcomes | Effectiveness, safety | |
Notes | Abstract only Setting: Rwanda Study period: not reported Funding: not reported Declaration of interest: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Randomisation not described |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | No information |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not feasible due to nature of intervention |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No information |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | ITT mentioned, not clear why groups are different in size. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Insufficient information |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Abstract only, to little information to judge risk of bias |