Objective To compare and analyze the effects of dinoprostone（PGE2） and cervical ripening balloon in the induction of labor in full-term primiparous women.Methods Seventy-two cases of full-term pregnancy induction admitted to a hospital in Henan Province from December 2018 to December 2020 were selected for this study.The patients were divided into group A（n=37） and group B（n=35） using a random number table.Patients in group A received cervical ripening balloon induction of labor and patients in group B received PGE2 induction of labor.The Apgar scores at 1

5 and 10 min of birth and the birth mass of the neonates in the two groups were compared;the amount of postpartum hemorrhage

postpartum Bishop score

total length of labor

delivery method and adverse events in the two groups were compared.Results There was no statistically significant difference（P>0.05） between the Apgar scores of neonates in the 2 groups at 1

5 and 10 min of birth

and the Apgar scores of neonates in the 2 groups at 5 and 10 min of birth were higher than those at 1 min of birth

with statistically significant differences（P<0.05）.There was no statistically significant difference in the body mass of the neonates between the 2 groups（P>0.05）

and there was no statistically significant difference in Bishop score between the 2 groups（P>0.05）.Patients in group B had more postpartum bleeding and longer total labor length than group A

with statistically significant differences（P<0.05）.There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of adverse events between the 2 groups（P>0.05）.Conclusion The use of PGE2 and cervical ripening balloon in the induction of labor in full-term pregnancy has a higher safety for the neonates

and the induction results of both methods are relatively satisfactory

but the risk of hemorrhage and the cesarean section rate are lower in the induction of labor with cervical ripening balloon

so the clinical choice of induction method should be made according to the actual situation of the mother.