Women's autonomy in healthcare decision making: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although there are calls for women's empowerment and gender equity globally, there are still large disparities regarding women's autonomy in healthcare decision making. The autonomy of women is believed to be crucial in improving their health-related outcomes. This review discusses factors that influence autonomy among women in healthcare decision making.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus were searched from 2017-2022.

Eligibility criteria

The inclusion criteria include original articles, case studies and reports that has been written in the English Language, while manuscripts with no full article, reviews, newspaper reports, grey literatures, and articles that did not answer the review objectives were excluded.<

SUBMITTER: Idris IB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10693143 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature