The prevalence and nature of the use of preconception services by women with chronic health conditions: an integrative review

Table 2 Quality assessment of manuscripts identified through the literature review process BIBU

	Dimensions for quality assessment	Lavender et al.[58]	Case et al.[52]	Murphy et al.[60]	Diabetes & Pregnancy Group[64]	McCorry et al.[59]	Tripathi et al.[61]	Zhu et al.[63]	Mittal et al.[57]	Chuang et al.[53]	Kallas-Koeman et al.[56]	Kim et al.[55]	Sapiano et al.[65]	Griffiths et al.[54]	King and Wellard[62]
Methodology	Representative sampling strategy		x				x		x			x
	Sample size^≠	x	x	x			x			x	x			x
	Response/participation rate >75%						x					x
	Low retrospective measurement bias		x			x	x	x		x	x		x	x
Reporting of participant characteristics	Pregnancy status	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x			x
	Age	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	Ethnicity	x	x	x			x		x	x		x
	Indicator of socioeconomic status		x		x			x		x		x
	Duration of chronic health condition	x		x	x	x					x	x
Preconception services examined	Preconception clinical care delivery	x		x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x
Preconception services examined	Health promotion and patient education	x	x	x	x	x			x	x		x	x	x	x
Total quality score		7	8	7	6	6	8	5	5	8	6	8	4	6	3

^≠Sample size defined in quantitative studies as >500 or with a determined statistical power of >80% and in qualitative studies as >15 or reported thematic saturation.

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