Table 3 Study characteristics and quality score, ordered by country and year
Author (year) | Country | Design | Sample | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Newbrander et al. (2013) [26] | Afghanistan | Qualitative | 30 IDIs and 29 FGDs with community members in 5 districts | 6/9 |
Rahmani and Brekke (2013) [27] | Afghanistan | Qualitative | 12 IDIs with pregnant/recently-delivered women and 15 IDIs with providers in 2 provinces | 6/9 |
Hirose et al. (2011) [24] | Afghanistan | Cross-sectional | 411 paired couples surveyed at 1 regional hospital | 7/9 |
Mayhew et al. (2008) [20] | Afghanistan | Cross-sectional | 9917 recently-delivered (2Â years) women surveyed in 33 provinces | 5/9 |
Khorrami et al. (2008) [25] | Afghanistan | Cross-sectional | 292 women inpatients with obstetric complaints surveyed at 1 hospital | 5/9 |
Najem and Al-Deen (2011) [28] | Iraq | Cross-sectional | 251 primipara postnatal mothers surveyed at 1 hospital | 4/9 |
Siziya et al. (2009) [29] | Iraq | Secondary survey | 22,980 recently-delivered (1Â year) MICS participants | 8/9 |
Sharma et al. (2014) [21] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 240 recently-delivered (1Â year) women surveyed in 1 district. | 5/9 |
Choulagai et al. (2013) [16] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 2481 recently-delivered (1Â year) women surveyed in 3 districts | 7/9 |
Karkee et al. (2013) [19] | Nepal | Prospective cohort | 700 pregnant women in 1 district | 7/9 |
Shrestha et al. (2012) [22] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 732 married reproductive-age women | 6/9 |
Ulak et al. (2012) [23] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 352 mothers of infants attending vaccination | 6/9 |
Devkota and Bhatta (2011) [17] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 71 mothers of newborns | 4/9 |
Dhakal et al. (2011) [18] | Nepal | Cross-sectional | 150 recently-delivered women | 7/9 |
Dhaher et al. (2008) [32] | Palestine | Cross-sectional | 264 postpartum outpatient women | 7/9 |
Giacaman et al. (2007) [33] | Palestine | DHS survey | 2158 women residing in the West Bank and Gaza Strip | 7/9 |
Kempe et al. (2013) [31] | Yemen | Mixed-methods | 220 women with childbirth experience in urban/rural areas | 7/12 |
Basaleem (2012) [30] | Yemen | Mixed-methods | 1678 women surveyed and 11 FGDs with men and women | 9/12 |