Facilitators and barriers to the effective implementation of the individual maternal near-miss case reviews in low/middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The maternal near-miss cases review (NMCR), a type of clinical audit, proved to be effective in improving quality of care and decreasing maternal mortality in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). However, challenges in its implementation have been described.

Objectives

Synthesising the evidence on facilitators and barriers to the effective implementation of NMCR in LMICs.

Design

Systematic review of qualitative studies.

Data sources

MEDLINE, LILACS, Global Health Library, SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, Cochrane library and Embase were searched in December 2017.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Qualitative studies exploring facilitators and/or barriers of implementing NMCR in LMIC were included.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two independe

SUBMITTER: Lazzerini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042547 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature