Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Pregnant Women and Hospital Staff Regarding Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant women and hospital staff regarding umbilical cord blood (UCB) donation and storage to understand its limitations in clinical practice.

Methods

MEDLINE, Scopus, LILACS, EMBASE, Scielo.br, and PROSPERO were searched from inception to 30 November 2023 with no geographic or language restrictions. The study eligibility criteria included cross-sectional studies that interviewed pregnant women and/or hospital staff about their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding private or public storage. A random-effects restricted maximum-likelihood model with Freeman-Tukey Double arcsine transformation meta-analysis was carried out to calculate the pooled estimates. MOOSE guidel

SUBMITTER: Benvenuti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11544813 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature