A scoping review of severe maternal morbidity: describing risk factors and methodological approaches to inform population-based surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current interest in using severe maternal morbidity (SMM) as a quality indicator for maternal healthcare will require the development of a standardized method for estimating hospital or regional SMM rates that includes adjustment and/or stratification for risk factors.

Objective

To perform a scoping review to identify methodological considerations and potential covariates for risk adjustment for delivery-associated SMM.

Search methods

Following the guidelines for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews, systematic searches were conducted with the entire PubMed and EMBASE electronic databases to identify publications using the key term "severe maternal morbidity."

Selection criteria

Included stu

SUBMITTER: Korst LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature