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Study characteristics
Methods	RCT (partially translated).
Participants	Number of women randomised: 113 Setting: Gran Canaria, Spain Study date: not reported Inclusion criteria Unknown due to not being fully translated GA at intervention: 42 completed weeks Exclusion criteria Unknown, not in translation State of cervix: unfavourable (Bishop score < 5)
Interventions	Induction group (n = 57): intracervical PGE2 gel (0.5 mg); unclear whether further intervention occurred (full translation not available) versus EM group (n = 56): monitoring by NST, biophysical profile and amnioscopy
Outcomes	Mother: time to birth; mode of birth Baby: meconium staining; NICU admission; birthweight > 4000 g; Apgar score < 7 at 5 minutes (other outcomes may have been present, but were not reported in the translation)
Notes	Funding: not reported Declarations of interest: 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 according to the translation.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The method of allocation concealment was not reported according to the translation.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	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	Low risk	No apparent losses to follow‐up or exclusions
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No access to trial protocol to confidently assess selective reporting. Perinatal deaths appeared not to have been reported according to the translation, although this has not been verified by a second translation.
Other bias	Low risk	Appeared to be free of other bias