About the Authors

Karin Källén

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

karin.kallen@med.lu.se

Affiliation Institution of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Mikael Norman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Charlotte Elvander

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Christina Bergh

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Verena Sengpiel

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Centre of Perinatal Medicine & Health, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Henrik Hagberg

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Centre of Perinatal Medicine & Health, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Teresia Svanvik

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ulla-Britt Wennerholm

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Centre of Perinatal Medicine & Health, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Competing Interests

MN has received royalties for Swedish Textbooks in Pediatrics and Neonatology, payments to MN as Medical advisor for the Swedish Patient Insurance (LÖF) and as Associate Editor, Swedish Medical Journal, support to MN for attending meeting/travel from Chiesi Pharma, payment to the clinic for being Director of the Swedish Neonatal Quality Register, stocks in Eva & Mikael Norman AB. CB, HH, UBW, and VS were members of the steering group of the Swedish postterm induction study SWEPIS, one of the trials leading to the changed routine studied in this manuscript. PMID: 31748223. VS is principal coordinating investigator and sponsor representative for the Swedish multicenter OPTION trial - OutPatienT InductiON: Labour induction in an outpatient setting - a multicenter randomized controlled trial. (EU CT no: 2023-507164-39-00, CIV-ID: 20-09-034712). Norgine provides the study drug Angusta. Coloplast labels the Foley balloon catheter used for induction in the OPTION trial as study product, however participating hospitals have to buy the catheters themselves. Neither Norgine or Coloplast had/has any part in writing the study protocol, data collection, analyses or publication of results. KK, CE and TS have declared no conflicts of interest.