Indication | Catheter n = 317 (%) | Misoprostol n = 274 (%) | p value |
Postterm | 67 (21.1) | 64 (23.3) | p > 0.05 |
Prelabor rupture of fetal membranes | 73 (23.0) | 41 (15.0) | p > 0.05 |
Hypertensive disease | 36 (11.4) | 36 (13.1) | p > 0.05 |
Imminent fetal distress | 41 (12.9) | 36 (13.1) | p > 0.05 |
Psychosocial | 27 (8.5) | 24 (8.8) | p > 0.05 |
Maternal illness | 20 (6.3) | 22 (8.0) | p > 0.05 |
Diabetes | 13 (4.1) | 10 (3.6) | p > 0.05 |
Primiparous women ≥ 40 years after IVF | 13 (4.1) | 7 (2.6) | p > 0.05 |
Fetal disease/indication | 10 (3.1) | 17 (6.2) | p > 0.05 |
Latency phase prolonged | 9 (2.8) | 6 (2.2) | p > 0.05 |
Duplex | 5 (1.6) | 2 (0.7) | p > 0.05 |
Intrauterine fetal death | 3 (0.9) | 9 (3.3) | p > 0.05 |