Bendvold 1990.
| Methods | Unclear method of randomisation and concealment. | |
| Participants | 28 term women (> 39 weeks' gestation). | |
| Interventions | The 'coitus' group were asked to have sexual
intercourse for 3 consecutive nights with vaginal semen deposit. The control group were asked to abstain from sexual intercourse for the same period. Both groups were asked to avoid nipple stimulation. A baseline Bishops score was taken and repeated after 3 days. |
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| Outcomes | Change in Bishops score, Apgar scores. | |
| Notes | ||
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |