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. 2019 Oct 18;2019(10):CD001233. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001233.pub3

Moini 2003.

Methods RCT: quote: "randomly assigned".
Participants Singleton gestation, cephalic presentation, GA between 37 and 42 weeks, BS < 6.
Exclusion: malpresentation, ruptured membranes, active genial herpes, antepartum bleeding, fetal death, cephalopelvic disproportion, indication for emergency termination of pregnancy, history of infertility or CS, women who had undergone induction before presenting.
Interventions Dinoprostone intracervical 0.5 mg, oxytocin infusion after 6 hours (n = 35).
Foley catheter 30 mL + EASI (n = 35).
Outcomes Change in BS (after 6 hours), induction‐delivery interval, need for oxytocin, mode of delivery, fetal complications, maternal complications.
Notes No sample size calculation.
Setting: Roointan‐Arash Maternity Hospital, Iran
Dates of study: April 2000 ‐ April 2001
Funding sources: not reported
Declarations of interest: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information about sequence generation process quote: "randomly assigned".
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient 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 Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not mentioned.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk All pre‐specified outcomes are reported, it is however unclear what is meant by 'fetal complications', and it is likely that there were more outcomes noted.
Other bias Low risk No other bias detected