Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in this systematic review
Authors and year | Region | Recruitment year | Setting | Spontaneous response | Study design | Respondents | Women’s knowledge of obstetric danger signs during | Quality score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnancy n (%) | Childbirth n (%) | Postpartum n (%) | ||||||||
Abiyot T et al. (2014) [57] | Tigray | 2013 | Facility | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 359 | 296 (82.5) | – | – | 8star |
Bililign N. et al. (2017) [51] | Amhara | 2016 | Community | At least 3 | Cross sectional | 493 | 230 (46.7) | 137 (27.8) | 130 (26.4) | 9star |
Bogale D. et al. (2015) [69] | Oromia | 2013 | Community | At least 3 | Cross sectional | 562 | 179 (31.9) | 152 (27) | 124 (22.1) | 8star |
Damme T. G. et al. (2016) [70] | Oromia | 2015 | Facility | At least 3 | Cross sectional | 198 | 152 (76.8) | 154 (77.8) | 129 (65.5) | 8star |
Endalemaw et al. (2014) [71] | Amhara | 2012 | Facility | At least 3 | Cross sectional | 385 | 181(47) | 176(45.7) | – | 7star |
Hailu D. et al. (2014) [72] | Tigray | 2013 | Community | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 485 | 285 (58.8) | 299 (61.6) | – | 8star |
Hailu M. et al. (2010) [56] | SNNPR | 2007 | Community | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 743 | 226 (30.4) | 305 (41.3) | 279 (37.7) | 8star |
Hibstu D. T. et al. (2017) [59] | SNNPR | 2016 | Facility | At least 3 | Cross sectional | 342 | 168 (49.1) | 181 (52.9) | 153 (44.7) | 9star |
Maseresha N et al. (2016) [63] | Somali | 2014 | Community | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 632 | 201 (31.8) | 161 (25.5) | 121(19.1) | 9star |
Workineh Y. et al. (2014) [58] | SNNPR | 2014 | Community | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 390 | 184 (47.2) | 193(49.5) | 285(73) | 8star |
Solomon A. et al. (2015) [60] | Amhara | 2014 | Facility | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 355 | 137(38.6) | – | – | 8star |
Tsegaye D. et al. (2017) [54] | Oromia | 2015 | Facility | At least 2 | Cross sectional | 831 | 309 (37.3) | 194 (23.3) | 30 (3.6) | 8star |