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Table 2 Eligibility screening form

From: Emergency transportation interventions for reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol

STUDY CHARACTERISTICS

YES

NO

UNCLEAR

1. STUDY DESIGN

A) Randomized controlled trial

   

B) Non-randomized comparative trial

   

C) Cohort study

   

D) Case-control (including studies with historical control group)

   

E) Controlled before and after study

   

F) Cross-sectional study with comparative analysis of subsets of exposed (cases) and unexposed (controls).

   

2. STUDY PARTICIPANTS

A) Women in the pre- to post-natal phase of pregnancy? (and/or)

   

B) Infants associated with the pregnancy?

   

3. STUDY INTERVENTION

   

A) Transportation interventions for emergency obstetric care

Provision of any of the following where none existed prior:

   

• Any form of ground transportation (bicycle, motorcycle, oxcart, ambulance, etc.)

   

• vouchers/subsidies for transportation

   

• loans, or sets up a system of pooled funds

   

4. CONTROL

A) Did the control receive additional support for transportation?

   

*5. OUTCOME MEASURES

   

A) Were any of the following pregnancy-related outcomes reported?

   

• Stillbirth and/or neonatal mortality rates

   

• Maternal mortality rates,

   

• Care-seeking, referral rates,

   

• Reduced delay in access to care,

   

• Facility delivery rates,

   

• Costs-benefit analysis/cost-effectiveness

   

6. DECISION

A) Include?

   

B) Exclude?

   

C) UNCLEAR?

   

7. COMMENTS /REASONS FOR EXCLUSION

  1. NOTE: A) include if all is “YES”. B) Exclude if 2A, 2B, 3A, 5A are “NO”. C) Otherwise “ UNCLEAR”
  2. *Note that absence of outcome measure is not an exclusion criterion at this stage of eligibility screening; simply indicate outcomes assessed in each included study
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Systematic Reviews

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