Saleem 2006.
Methods | Patients randomly selected, randomisation method not described. | |
Participants | Singleton live pregnancy BS 5 or lower, requiring induction between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation. | |
Interventions | Foley catheter 40‐45 mL, after 8‐10 hours oxytocin infusion was started (n = 78). Dinoprostone pessary 3 mg 6‐hourly max 2 doses, followed by oxytocin infusion (n = 75). Oral misoprostol 50 mcg 4‐hourly, max 4 doses, followed by oxytocin infusion (n = 73). |
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Outcomes | Vaginal delivery rate, Induction to delivery interval < 12 hours, postpartum haemorrhage, tachysystole. | |
Notes | Methods describe random selection of patients, not randomisation. No neonatal outcomes. Setting: Hamdard University Hospital and Patel Hospital, Pakistan Dates of study: July 2005 ‐ June 2005 Funding sources: not reported Declarations of interest: not reported |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | 'Random selection' of patients, insufficient information for judgement. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | 'Random selection' of patients, insufficient information for judgement. |
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 | It is unclear how many patients were assessed for randomisation or randomised, therefore it is also unclear if incomplete data were reported. There is no mention of this in the paper. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | All outcomes mentioned in the methods section are reported, it is however interesting why they did not report any neonatal data. |
Other bias | Unclear risk | No sample size calculated |