Table 2 Study characteristics
Author and year | Country | Setting | Study design | Target population | Year of data collection | Quality assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adamu et al. (2012) [16] | Nigeria | Urban | Cross-sectional facility based | Surviving women admitted for obstetric complications | 2011 | High |
Akalu et al. (2012) [17] | Ethiopia | Largely rural | Cross-sectional household survey | Women (15–49 years) who have used reproductive health services in the past 12 months | 2007–2008 | High |
Arsenault et al. (2013) [18] | Mali | Urban & Rural | Case-control and household survey | Women with obstetric emergencies | 2008–2011 | Moderate |
Asante et al. (2007) [19] | Ghana | Unspecified | Facility survey | Women who had vaginal deliveries at health facilities, at homes and those who had C-sections | 2004–2005 | High |
Benson et al. (2015) [20] | Malawi | Urban & Rural | Cross-sectional facility survey | Women with unsafe abortion complications | 2010 | High |
Borghi et al. (2003) [21] | Benin | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women with spontaneous vaginal delivery and near-miss obstetric complications | 2000 | High |
Ghana | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women with spontaneous vaginal delivery and near-miss obstetric complications | 1999–2000 | High | |
Both et al. (2007) [22] | Tanzania | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving maternal healthcare services | 2007 | High |
Carnelissen et al. (2017) [23] | Malawi | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Patients including women requiring a surgical procedure | 2014–2015 | High |
Dalaba et al. (2013) [24] | Ghana | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving antenatal and delivery services | 2010 | High |
Dalaba et al. (2015) [25] | Ghana | Unspecified | Cross-sectional household survey | Women with pregnancy-related complications | 2014 | High |
Deboutte et al. (2013) [26] | DR Congo | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital based | Women seeking pregnancy and obstetric care | 2007–2008 | Moderate |
Deboutte et al. (2015) [27] | DR Congo | Urban and Rural | Case-Control | Women with Caesarean section and vaginal delivery in public facilities | 2007–2008 | Moderate |
Enweronu-Laryea et al. (2018) [28] | Ghana | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Newborns hospitalized with birth-associated brain injury and preterm/low birth weight | 2016 | High |
Henshaw et al. (2008) [29] | Nigeria | Urban &Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women admitted to hospital for complications of induced or spontaneous abortion or to obtain an abortion | 2002–2003 | Moderate |
Honda et al. (2011) [30] | Madagascar | Mainly urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women having C-sections and children admitted for neonatal care | 2007–2008 | High |
Ilboudo et al. (2015) [31] | Burkina Faso | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women with induced or spontaneous abortions | 2012 | High |
Ilboudo et al. (2016) [32] | Burkina Faso | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women with induced abortion complications | 2010 | High |
Johns et al. (2019) [33] | Uganda Zambia | Unspecified | Retrospective | Women attending health facilities for maternal and newborn healthcare services | 2017–2018 | High |
Kalu-Umeh et al. (2013) [34] | Nigeria | Semi-rural | Cross-sectional community based | Women within the reproductive age group who had experienced childbirth 12 months or less before the study. | 2010 | Moderate |
Kowalewski et al. (2002) [35] | Tanzania | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving antenatal and maternal healthcare services | 1997–1998 | High |
Kruk et al. (2008) [36] | Tanzania | Rural | Retrospective | Women who delivered in health facilities within the previous 5 year | 2007 | Moderate |
Le et al. (2015) [37] | South Africa | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women with unintended pregnancies | 2014 | Moderate |
Levin et al. (2000) [38] | Uganda Malawi Ghana | Unspecified | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women presenting in healthcare facilities for maternal health services | 1998 | Moderate |
Lince et al. (2015) [39] | South Africa | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women accessing 2nd trimester abortion services | 2010 | High |
Lince et al. (2018) [40] | South Africa | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital based | Women accessing 2nd trimester abortion services | 2013–2014 | High |
Lince et al. (2017) [41] | South Africa | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital based | Women accessing 1st trimester abortion services | 2009–2011 | High |
Lince et al. (2017) [42] | South Africa | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women accessing 1st trimester abortion services | 2011–2013 | High |
Lofgren et al. (2015) [43] | Uganda | Rural/Semi-urban | Prospective observational | Patients including women requiring a surgical procedure | 2011 | High |
Meda et al. (2019) [44] | Burkina Faso | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women who had delivered or received emergency obstetric care at public health facilities | 2016 | High |
Ministry of Health [45] | Kenya | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional facility survey | Women treated for unsafe abortion complications | 2016 | High |
Moore et al. (2018) [46] | Zambia | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving safe and unsafe abortions | 2014–2015 | Moderate |
Ntambue et al. (2018) [47] | DRC Congo | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving services in maternity wards | 2014 | High |
Odhiambo et al. (2019) [48] | Rwanda | Rural | Retrospective | Women who delivered by emergency cesarean section | 2015 | High |
Orach et al. (2007) [49] | Uganda | Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving reproductive health services | 2003 | Moderate |
Parmar et al. (2017) [50] | Zambia | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving safe and unsafe abortions | 2013–2014 | Moderate |
Paul et al. (2015) [51] | Sierra Leone | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional | Women with unsafe abortion complications | 2012 | Moderate |
Pearson et al. (2011) [52] | Ethiopia | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving maternity services | 2008–2009 | Moderate |
Perkins et al. (2009) [53] | Burkina Faso Kenya Tanzania | Predominantly Rural | Cross-sectional household survey | Women receiving maternity services | 2006 | Moderate |
Ravit et al. (2015) [54] | Mali | Unspecified | Case-control | Women who underwent Caesarean section | 2008–2011 | Moderate |
Ridde et al. (2012) [55] | Burkina Faso | Rural | Cross-sectional household survey | Women with vaginal (normal) delivery | 2010 | Moderate |
Sambo et al. (2013) [56] | Nigeria | Rural | Cross-sectional household survey | Pregnant women and those who delivered recently (within 6 weeks postpartum) | 2011 | High |
Sicuri et al. (2011) [57] | Mozambique | Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Low birth weight babies | 2007 | High |
Sundaram et al. (2013) [58] | Uganda | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional household survey | Women who received post-abortion care | 2011–2012 | High |
Tongo et al. (2009) [59] | Nigeria | Urban | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Pre term/Low birth weight neonates | 2008 | High |
Vlassoff et al. (2012) [60] | Ethiopia | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women who received post-abortion care | 2008 | High |
Vlassoff et al. (2014) [61] | Uganda | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women who received post-abortion care | 2010 | High |
Vlassoff et al. (2015) [62] | Rwanda | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women who received post-abortion care | 2012 | High |
Witter et al. (2010) [63] | Senegal | Urban and Rural | Cross-sectional hospital-based | Women receiving Caesarean section and those with normal delivery | 2006–2007 | Moderate |