Chakravarti 2000.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	Number of women randomised: 231 Setting: Calcutta, India Study date: not reported Inclusion criteria Primips Low risk Uncomplicated pregnancy Confirmed dates GA: reported as "before 41 completed weeks" State of cervix: not mentioned
Interventions	Induction group (n = 117): IOL, no details of the method are available. versus EM group (n = 114 randomised): daily fetal movement counts, biophysical profile and ultrasound; IOL after 1 week.
Outcomes	Only caesarean section rates were adequately reported in the abstract.
Notes	Reported as conference abstract. Only data for caesarean included in meta‐analysis. Funding: not reported Declaration of interests: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The method of sequence generation was not reported.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The method of allocation concealment was not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Appeared that blinding was not feasible
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Blinded outcome assessment was not mentioned.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to determine
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No outcomes were prespecified in the methods (conference abstract). Insufficient information to determine
Other bias	Unclear risk	Unable to identify other bias based on the abstract