Risk prediction models to determine maternal and newborn adverse pregnancy outcomes in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, low and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for the majority of the adverse pregnancy outcomes. Risk prediction models (RPMs) can guide physicians in making clinical decisions to improve maternal and newborn health. However, there is scanty data on RPMs in determining adverse maternal and newborn outcomes in LMICs. Hence, this scoping review aims to describe the RPMs and the risk factors which have been used to determine both maternal and newborn adverse outcomes of pregnancy in LMICs.

Methods

This scoping review will be guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) and the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. The review would employ the Population, Concept, Context (PCC)

SUBMITTER: Opoku DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11932470 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature